NEET Biology question

BiologySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsNEET

An interesting modification of flower shape for insect pollination occurs in some orchids in which a male insect mistakes the pattern on the orchid flower for the female of his species and tries to copulate with it, thereby pollinating the flower. This phenomenon is called

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Solution

This behaviour, in which a male insect attempts to mate with a flower that mimics a female of its own species and thereby

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