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Dendrobium cuthbertsonii. This tiny epiphytic orchid sports flowers which are much larger than the entire plant itself. It offers no nectar and is theorized to attract pollinating birds by its mimicry of similarly-sized and colored Rhododendron flowers which occur in the same habitat in the montane forests of New Guinea. Papua, Indonesia.
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- © Chien C. Lee
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Asparagales, Dodsonian mimicry, Highland Papua, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Liliopsida, New Guinea, Orchidaceae, Papua Pegunungan, Southeast Asia, Western New Guinea, epiphyte, epiphytic, flora, floral mimicry, mimic, mimicry, monocot, monocotyledon, montane, orchid, plant, rainforest, reproductive mimicry, tropical
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- Plants, New Guinea
