Seed pod of pink lady's slipper, Cypripedium acaule.

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Seed pod of pink lady's slipper, Cypripedium acaule. These orchids are pollinated by bees, but they offer no nectar or pollen reward to the bees. As a result, bees quickly learn not to visit the flowers, and only about 5 percent of flowers are successfully pollinated in a given season. The orchids make up for rare pollination by producing seed pods that contain thousands of seeds.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Haydenville, Massachusetts, United States USA
Photo credit: © Custom Life Science Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: acaule, angiosperm, angiosperms, asparagales, cypripedioideae, cypripedium, islc, lady, ladyslipper, moccasin, monocot, monocots, orchid, orchidaceae, orchids, pink, plant, plants, pod, seed, seedpod, seeds, slipper