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{Disarmed} Re: Pollinators


Bill,
 
There's a reason they're called "bee pods".
 
I see lots of "visitors" in my iris gardens, but after having examined the flowers carefully, I think the only visitors that I call pollinators are the bees that wedge themselves under the style arm and pick up pollen from the anthers. At the next stop, some of the pollen is scraped from their backs by the stygmatic lip.
 
I've attached a photo of a bee doing its thing on a Japanese iris.
 
Dennis Hager
on Delmarva
 
   
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:37 PM
Subject: [sibrob] Pollinators

To everyone with open flowers;

I spent a very small time looking into this topic the season but I have often found it curious as to what pollinators visit Siberian Iris? More eyes and people with more time could help with this topic?
I have seen Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies and Bumblebees.

Bill

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