Thread: Pluerothallis schiedie the trickster

Here's a cute orchid. Only the size of a child's fist, and it blooms for me several time per year.

It's tough being up a tree in a Mexican rain forest. You're always competing for pollinators, but you don't want to stand out or you get eaten.

So, Pleurothallis schiedie makes waxy droplets which hang from the edges of her flower, and puts on black dots as make up.

Whenever there's the slightest wind, these waxy baubles wiggle like maggots, and the black dots look like baby flies. So, passing flies think it's a prime nursery area for their eggs, they land on the orchid, and thus get pollination without having to expend the energy necessary to make nectar.

Incredible!!!

Sometimes I think that today's best example of the seared conscience spoken of in Romans is holding onto the belief in evolution when you really start studying nature.

Originally Posted by TimV

Sometimes I think that today's best example of the seared conscience spoken of in Romans is holding onto the belief in evolution when you really start studying nature.

I believe you're right.

Great Pic

Wow. Our God is good.