Flower-Visiting Insects
of Three-Birds Orchid


Triphora trianthophora (Three-Birds Orchid)
(another common name of this small orchid is Nodding Pogonia; bees probably suck nectar; only the bumblebee was an effective pollinator; observations are from S.A. Williams; the identification of a small bee as a Hylaeus sp. was only tentative)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus sp. sn (small bumblebee)

Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus sp. sn np


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