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Looks like a bumblebee with a yellow helmet.
very dark black/purple helmut shaped flower ...
helmet orchid has managed to establish its ...
Ground hugging to 4cm, flower - 1, to 15mm ...
cm tall and 2 cm broad; the flower shape ...
The plant has glands that produce a sticky, sweet-smelling, and edible nectar.
Flowers: 1-11/2" long. With a slender tube ...
An erect terrestrial orchid, leaves narrow,
The whole plant is highly toxic. The plant is pretty tall and the
Invasive beautiful pink flower with a ...
This plant originates in the Himalayan mountains. It is now widely established ...
flowers, with a characteristic "
Tall plant, more than 1 m to the tip of the
inflorescence forms a purplish dense cone consisting of from 10 to 40
lanceolate leaves 5 to 23 cm (2 to 9 in) long. The crushed foliage has a ...
conical spike of some 30 to 40 flowers. ...
interference. Other common names include: the Policeman's
on nectar, insects, manna, honeydew. Birds are timid, but can be observed ...
side petals ('the wings') have green stripes. The
pink zygomorphic flowers with numerous ...
purplish. Flowers crystalline white to ...
of large blue and unmistakable flowers. ...
. The upper lips of the flowers are
This species is very variable, in term of leaf size and shape, hairiness and ...
leaf axils of the upper leaf pairs. The upper lips of the
spike and can produce up to 120 flowers. ...
inches long, with an open upper part
inches long, with an open upper part
helmet or hood-shaped curved forward. It ...
helmet or hood-shaped curved forward. It ...
This is a passerine bird in the family Pipridae. Measures approx 14,5cm. The ...
Showy orchid is a beautiful pink-purple and white orchid of deciduous woodlands ...