Wild Orchid - Talk to Me
Wild Orchid - Talk to Me
The islands' native orchids | Natural History with Russel Barsh and Madrona Murphy
Small, fragile, and scattered, the islands’ native orchids can easily be overlooked in the meadows and woodlands where they abound.
The islands are actually quite rich in relatively inconspicuous “terrestrial” orchids that live on the ground, unlike showier tree-living orchids of the tropics. Island orchids send up their large, glossy leaves early in the year when the soil is still moist with rain.
Among the first to flower is the pale purple Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa) with darker markings on its flowers that mimic pollen and nectar. Many orchid species use this trick, known as “nectar deceit,” to attract pollinators without expending energy on feeding them. Students of orchid biology have nonetheless found that nectar-bearing orchids are pollinated at a much higher rate than the deceivers. Bumblebees tend to learn which orchid species are cheaters, and stop visiting them.
By midsummer the leaves of many of our other native orchids are brown and shriveled, and in late summer, when pollinators are abundant, they finally flower. Summer orchids do not rely on trickery to attract pollinators.
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