Tropaeolum majus or nasturtium orange flower showing entrance to nectaries with numerous hair like spines fingers to aid pollen collection pollination

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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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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Location: Vigo, Meopham, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Natural History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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