Dancing Lady Orchids

With their flouncy sepals and petals, these distinctive orchids have flowers like ladies in vibrant dresses dancing in the breeze.

Although these orchids don't have nectar or fragrant oils, they can visually trick and lure pollinators. Some species mimic oil-producing orchids to attract bees to come and harvest. Some resemble territorial male bees, such that other bees will come to drive them away. In either case, the orchid’s pollen will stick onto the bees and be carried onwards to other flowers.