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Disa bivalvata
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> Family: Orchidaceae > Genus:
Disa
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Disa bivalvata flowering in early summer
after a fire on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Disa bivalvata flowering in early summer
after a fire on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A male Pompilid wasp, Hemipepsis hilaris,
searching for a mate and pollinating a Disa bivalvata flower,
tricked by its resemblance to a female wasp, in summer in the Cape
Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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