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Orchid that mimics female bee blossoms amid Sal biodiversity

Keri: Students of the govt primary school at the rehabilitation colony of Kholpe came across a unique orchid that mimics a female bee sitting on the flower. It is also known as a bee orchid . While documenting the biodiversity of Sal, they were delighted to see the flowering of bee orchids on the sacred mango tree that has been protected by the locals as the abode of the holy spirit, Ghavanaleshwar . Along with the wildlifer Suraj Malik of Vivekanand Environment Awareness Brigade, the students were involved in the documentation of the biodiversity. This sacred tree, in the Ghavanalyan area of Sal, has a perennial spring and, in the past, was known as the natural habitat, thriving with a wide range of flora and fauna. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 2025 Top Trending local enterprise accounting software [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo The lip of the flower appears like a female bee and attracts the male bee, thereby facilitating pollination. 'A monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, it is the only known species of Cottonia peduncularis . It is native to the Eastern and Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is an epiphyte that grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. We have noticed it on the trunk of the sacred mango tree in Ghavanalyan,' Suraj Malik told TOI . Earlier, this species was recorded in the forest of the Dudhsagar waterfall. The presence of the epiphyte in Sal, an agricultural village of Bicholim, indicates the richness of biodiversity.