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Nature and Gardening @beehaw.org shoe @beehaw.org 1y ago

Showy Lady's Slipper

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/507709

Minnesota's state flower! Took this on a recent trip to the Arboretum

Minnesota @midwest.social shoe @beehaw.org 1y ago

Showy Lady's Slipper

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Looks like one of those carnivorous plants. Does it serve any purpose for the plant to look like this?
- Good question! I did a quick search and found this:
  
  The slipper-shaped lip of the flower serves as a trap for pollinating insects, forcing insect visitors to climb past the reproductive structures and deposit or receive pollinia (pollen masses) to fertilize the flower.
  
  nice. Sounds similar to some flowers with nectar deep inside so that the bees have to get pollen all over them by reaching deep inside.
  
  I had never heard of that before! Thanks for helping me learn something today 💪🧠

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