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Early purple orchid, Satirión manchado
Orchis mascula
40.7604, -3.90794
Field Notes
Description:
Polinea in Orchis mascula. Pollinium, or plural pollinia, is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant.
They are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. This is regularly seen in plants such as orchids and many species of milkweeds
Habitat:
Small clearing in a pine-tree forest. La Pedriza, Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares. Sierra de Guadarrama
Notes:
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired, TTL mode
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Orchis mascula
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PublishedJune 7, 2013
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