Fig. 1.

Floral features and pollination of Chloraea membranacea. (A) Racemose, multi-flowered inflorescence. (B) Single flower with lateral sepal and lateral petal removed to show the column with hinged labellum attached at its base. Note the black-tipped, clavate, labellar projections (osmophores). (C) Column. Note also the ventral, dumb-bell-shaped, sticky stigmatic surface. (D) Two elongate pollinia. (E–G) Pollination by Halictid bee. (E) Bee prior to pollinarium removal. (F) Bee leaving the flower. The insect is attempting to remove the pollinarium cemented to its dorsum. (G) Pollinarium-laden bee. Note that the hind legs are loaded with pollen. Scale bars: (A, B, E–G) = 1 cm; (C, D) = 5 mm.