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 | | Image Title: Flower of Trigonidium egertonianum | | Image Credit: W. Mark Whitten, University of Florida | | AJB Editor: Judy Jernstedt, University of California - Davis | | Intended End User: Teacher, Student | | License Details: BSA - Terms for Image Use | | Copyright held by: Smith, BSA | | For Larger Version (click here) | About the Image | Flower of Trigonidium egertonianum, an orchid in the subtribe Maxillariinae.
Flowers of Trigonidium are pollinated by pseudocopulation by meliponine
bees attracted to the bluish petal apices; the bees attempt to copulate with the
flowers and become trapped in the funnel-shaped flowers. On the basis of molecular
data, Trigonidium was found to be embedded in the large polyphyletic
genus Maxillaria. |
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