Male flower. Pollen sack landed on the lip of this male flower when manipulating it for the shoot and inadvertently touching its launching mechanism. It usually lands on the back of a euglosssine bee that pollinates Catasetum.
Description: Pollinium landed on the lip of this male flower when manipulating it for the shoot and inadvertently touching its launching mechanism. It usually lands on the back of a euglosssine bee that pollinates Catasetum. Date: 18 September 2008, 10:16. Source: Catasetum luridum (Link) Lindl.. Author: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil. Camera location12° 01′ 04.44″ S, 38° 02′ 55.36″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-12.017900; -38.048710.