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Bumblebee pollination

Close-up of a Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera) with a dark maroon, insect-shaped flower and dewdrops on green sepals, photographed in the Isar river flood plains, Bavaria.

Spadix of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum) with a pale green, hood-like spathe surrounded by broad, green leaves growing from the forest floor.

Superlative flowering structure

Mung bean plant

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