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Re: ANTS

 

I haven't used any chemicals in the garden in the 14 years I've lived here.  Just not my style.  The ants congregate at the base of the flower where the nectar oozes out.  It's just a little unnerving having them crawl onto my fingers as I'm trying to manipulate the flower to apply the pollen.  (Mosquitoes are worse.)

Foetidissima attracts ants just like a Spuria.  And the stigmatic lip is just like a Spuria.  The anthers, though, are a bit more like a TB than a Spuria.


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