<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues:</div><div><br></div>A team of Chinese botanists are working on the pollination of orchids in the genus, Calanthe. A team member sent me a photo of the insect most likely to carry the pollinia of one of the green-flowered species. To my untrained eyes this insect looks like one of the bee-mimicking drone flies in the genus Eristalis (or something related). If you are not a dipterologist would you mind showing it to someone who is and give them my apology for not providing them with a better photo.<div>
<br></div><div>Sincerely, Peter Bernhardt</div></div>