
02-16-2010, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by lambelkip
that's pretty much it. I see it fairly often with masdevallias. the lip doesn't actually squash them, it's just not shaped right for them to get out. the flower does not benefit from this, since it tends to keep the real pollinator out.
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I one hundred percent agree, since there is no benefit to a plant that its sex organs become carnivorous. It would be cool though 
Nice pictures and plant by the way.
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