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This galery shows the different steps of Cypripedium calceolus pollination
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1 - The pollinator fell into the lip | 2 - The only exit, less slippy, is at the back of the labellum where pollinia are located | |
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3 - The insect extricates itself by this narrow hole and pollinia stick on its back | ||
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4 - The pollinator completely got out of the lip, it carries one pollinia and it is now ready to take off towards another flower | This other bee is large and can get out of the labellum directly without taking pollinia | |
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