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Bee Orchid

Ophrys apifera

The Bee Orchid is a special flower that looks like a bee! It has pretty purple and yellow petals and loves to grow in sunny places. This flower is not only beautiful but also helps bees find food.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Bee Orchid has a stem topped with several striking flowers, each mimicking a female bumblebee with fuzzy, brown, velvety lips, yellow markings, and two small, greenish-pink petals resembling antennae. Its sepals are typically bright pink or purple, making it highly distinctive.

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Bee Orchid
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Bee Orchid

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

It can grow in some surprising places, like old quarries!

Its scientific name 'apifera' literally means 'bee-bearing'.

Male bees get frustrated when they can't find a real mate!

The Bee Orchid is a super rare sight in Ireland.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bee Deceiver

Bee Orchid can perfectly imitate a female bee's look and scent to trick male bees into attempting to mate with it.

Fähigkeit

Sticky Pollen Pockets

Bee Orchid has sticky pollen masses that attach to the bee during pseudocopulation, ready to be transferred.

Fähigkeit

Self-Fertilizing Power

Bee Orchid can self-pollinate if no suitable insect pollinators are found, ensuring it can still reproduce.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-50 cm
Blütengröße
1-2 cm
Blütezeit
Late Spring to Mid-Summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Long-horned Bee

Eucera longicornis

Male bees are tricked into attempting to mate with the flower.

symbiotic with

Fungus

Tulasnella calospora

Its seeds rely on this fungus to germinate and grow.

shelters

Upright Brome

Bromus erectus

Often found growing amongst this grass in chalky meadows.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Look at flowers from a distance and don't pick them, so they can keep growing.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Bee Orchid?

10-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Bee Orchid?

1-2 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Bee Orchid?

Late Spring to Mid-Summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Bee Orchid?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Bee Orchid?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Bee Orchid?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Bee Orchid?

Insekten

Wo findet man Bee Orchid normalerweise?

Grasslands

Snap-Karte

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