Came across this amazing patch of Cowslip Orchids (Caladenia flava) in the Perth Hills today 💛💛

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Drakaea livida - Warty Hammer Orchid

These orchids are masters of deception!

Their unusual shape tricks males of a particular species of thynnid wasp into pollinating the orchid as they believe the orchid’s labellum is actually a female wasp

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