Unpollinated bee orchid flower, with pollinia intact, chalk grassland, Cambridgeshire UK.

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Close-up of a bee orchid [Ophrys apifera] flower, side-on, in a meadow, showing the pollinea which will be glued to the back of any insect that lands on it.

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Size: 5200px × 3446px
Location: Cambridgeshire, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © Evan Bowen-Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: apifera, bee, britain, british, cambridgeshire, chalk, close, downland, european, evening, flower, grassland, light, macro, mimicry, nature, ophrys, orchid, orchidaceae, plant, pollinea, portrait, spike, uk