A really big and scented flower. It often atracts lots of bees. Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, early spring.
by Monocromatico Nov 9, 2003 10:45 PM
Another big flower, this time a white one. Note the spider waiting for its food on the left. Rio de Janeiro, early autumn.
by Monocromatico Apr 24, 2004 9:42 AM
Bees get inside the crown of stamens to eat pollen. The long stamens feed it with sterile pollen, white very short stamens around the female part of the flower lay fertile pollen on its back - it will carry that pollen on its back and will fertilize the next flower. Rio de Janeiro, early autumn.
by Monocromatico Apr 25, 2004 7:56 AM
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens, Miami, January
by palmbob Feb 25, 2016 4:56 PM
