File:A Pair of Dutchmans Pipe Flowers (50858207652).jpg

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Dutchmans Pipe (Aristolochia Gigantea) is a robust twisting climber that occurs naturally in regions from Panama to Brazil. It has evolved an ingeneous way to get pollinated, making flies do it. Attracted by a smell like rotting meat, the insects climb down to the base of the bloom. They are stopped from climbing out by downward facing hairs. After the insects brush against the stigma, the flower stops producing scent and releases its pollen onto the captive flies. The downward facing hairs then relax and the flies excape to pollinate another flower.

These are large flowers, about 0.5m across!Photographed in the Peter Black Conservatory, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North.
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Author Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Geoff J Mckay at https://flickr.com/photos/129472387@N07/50858207652. It was reviewed on 5 December 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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