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Description: | This is a rare species that grows in a few locations in southern England. It's flowers are dark brown with shiny blue-grey patches and look like large spiders, hence it's name. It is pollinated by male bees. The bees are attracted to the flowers because they look and smell like female bees. When a bee tries to mate with one of the flowers, the orchid's pollen becomes attached to it and in this way it is passed to other flowers. | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.botany.41194 | Go to resource |
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