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Carolina Gardening: Blooming in August, 0 by TomH3787

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TomH3787 wrote:
Polianthes tuberosa with a frustrated bumblebee. The nectar is too deep in the flower for the bumblebees to reach so they try to poke through the base of the flower like they do with salvias, but it's too thick for them to penetrate. So they just bumble around from flower to flower without getting any food.