[Pollinator] Fw: Moth Pollination in Florida

[Peter Bernhardt]

A colleague sent me the following link this evening.  It will take you to an article  featuring pollination research sponsored by National Geographic (America).  I don't want to give it all away but this is the species featured in the film version of "The Orchid Thief."  No, Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep are not in this video (you can't have everything) but the footage is spectacular.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/ghost-orchids-florida-surprising-pollinators-moths/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=Editorial::add=Animals_20190718::rid=00000000000041879571

[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/animals/2019/07/ghost-orchid-pollination/ghost-orchid-pollinators-04-crop.ngsversion.1562941489679.adapt.1900.1.jpg]<https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/ghost-orchids-florida-surprising-pollinators-moths/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=Editorial::add=Animals_20190718::rid=00000000000041879571>
Discovery solves mystery of ghost orchid reproduction<https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/ghost-orchids-florida-surprising-pollinators-moths/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=Editorial::add=Animals_20190718::rid=00000000000041879571>
www.nationalgeographic.com
Incredible photos show multiple species pollinate the rare and enigmatic flower, which is good news for the endangered species.



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