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    Edit Photo Details Risqué floral parts of Disa uniflora   #macro #red #orchid #capetown #botany #tablemountain #disa #risque
    Darwin (1862) showed that the vast complexity of orchid flowers has been generated by a suite of invertebrate pollinators. Rudolf Marloth discovered that D. uniflora is pollinated exclusively by the mountain pride butterfly (Aeropetes tulbaghia). These clever flowers realised that monogamous relationships maximise their pollen transfer and fertilisation rates. Also, orchids package their pollen into "satchels" (pollinaria) that attach to their exclusive pollinator on very specific spots.
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    Date Taken: Jan 15, 2017
    Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2018
    Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
    Camera: NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7000
    Focal Length: 105 mm
    Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec
    Aperture: f/5
    ISO: 400
    Copyright: © Kirsten Packer
    Categories: Nature