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Dirk
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Joined: 18 Dec 2006
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Location: Deventer, the Netherlands
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 Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:21 am
Post subject: Epipactis helleborine and pollination pics! |
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Hi all,
I found a colony of E. helleborine near where I live. I spent a few hours studying them. here are the results:
Two different colourforms:
E. helleborine is pollinated by wasps,
Some researchers claim that E. helleborine contains Toxic nectar making the wasps drunk and addicted. This addiction makes the wasps visit more flowers and thus enhance the chances of pollination. At one point two wasps where visiting the same plant and when they met a genuine Pub-fistfight whas the result.
I made a short film of this fight but can't seem to get the film the right way up 
enjoy,
Dirk
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Tanis
Spending more time here than healthy
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Location: Romford Essex UK
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:54 am
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Realy great photos, brilliant detail 
I would have loved to have seen the bar room brawl in person, as I'm normaly the one wasps pickon 
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Craig
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Location: London,England
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:58 pm
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Nice work Dirk  |
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