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Taken at the Romney wildlife centre in Kent

Plants cannot move from one location to another, thus many flowers have evolved to attract animals to transfer pollen between individuals in dispersed populations. Flowers that are insect-pollinated are called entomophilous; literally "insect-loving" in Greek. They can be highly modified along with the pollinating insects by co-evolution. Flowers commonly have glands called nectaries on various parts that attract animals looking for nutritious nectar. Birds and bees have colour vision, enabling them to seek out "colourful" flowers. Some flowers have patterns, called nectar guides, that show pollinators where to look for nectar; they may be visible only under ultraviolet light, which is visible to bees and some other insects. Flowers also attract pollinators by scent and some of those scents are pleasant to our sense of smell. Not all flower scents are appealing to humans; a number of flowers are pollinated by insects that are attracted to rotten flesh and have flowers that smell like dead animals, often called Carrion flowers, including Rafflesia, the titan arum, and the North American pawpaw (Asimina triloba). Flowers pollinated by night visitors, including bats and moths, are likely to concentrate on scent to attract pollinators and most such flowers are white.
Still other flowers use mimicry to attract pollinators. Some species of orchids, for example, produce flowers resembling female bees in colour, shape, and scent. Male bees move from one such flower to another in search of a mate.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower
Image size
3607x2446px 3.04 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 450D
Shutter Speed
1/500 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
100 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
May 19, 2013, 2:52:32 PM
Sensor Size
18mm
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