Bee Orchids

Bee Orchids imitate female bees. Bee orchids look like female bees and a bee orchid even smells like a female bee fooling the male bee into trying to mate with it. A male bee is attracted to the bee orchid. thinking it is a real female bee and tried to mate with it, gathering pollen in the process. When the male bee realizes that the bee orchid is a plant and not a real female bee, he flies away taking with him pollen from the bee orchid.

Bee orchid attracting male bees

Bee orchid with a male bee trying to mate with it thinking it is a female bee.