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| Mormodes oberlanderiana ABG# 05-1060 flowering at the Fuqua Orchid Center |
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| A bee's eye view of the twisted column of Mormodes oberlanderiana. The shiny surface of the stigma is visible on the underside of the column. |
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| From behind the flower you can see that the lip is twisted also. The angle of the lip and column creates a characteristic placement of the pollinarium on the bee's thorax. When the bee enters a female flower the pollinia are in the correct position to be placed on the stigma. |
The last of our four
Mormodes species flowering this week is
Mormodes oberlanderiana. I have to admit that I completely missed the subtle but gorgeous coloration of these flowers until I saw them in the morning light through my camera lens. What a beauty. Of the four species this one has, in my opinion, the most captivating fragrance.
Mormodes oberlanderiana is native to Colombia and northwest Venezuela where it grows as an epiphyte.
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