Tropaeolum majus or nasturtium orange flower showing entrance to nectaries with numerous hair like spines fingers to aid pollen collection pollination
Nasturtium nectar is exceptionally sweet, the sugar is especially concentrated mainly sucrose, instead of the fructose and glucose in nectars of most species of plants
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Location: Vigo, Meopham, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Natural History / Alamy / Afripics
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