As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also utilize deception in order to be get pollinated: Over time, they have evolved elaborate ruses to lure insects. Generally we ...

For decades scientists assumed these insects looked so much like orchids as a form of camouflage. But they were wrong. They ...

Originally confined to grassland in southern and south-eastern England, bee orchids have been gradually extending their range northwards, especially in northeast England where they have spread ...

The orchid offers no nectar or pollen reward; rather, it seduces male bees with the promise of bee sex and then insures its pollination by frustrating precisely the desire it has excited.

Some flowers go to extraordinary lengths to attract pollinators. Bee orchids mimic the shape and scent of bees in order to lure them into ‘pseudocopulation’, where the male insect attempts to mate ...