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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">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. </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a href="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" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk847847" previewremoved="true">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</a></p>
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Incredible photos show multiple species pollinate the rare and enigmatic flower, which is good news for the endangered species.</div>
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