Flower of Cannonball tree. Macro.
The flowers lack nectar, but are very attractive to bees coming for the pollen. The carpenter bee is a common pollinator, and wasps, flower flies, and bumblebee...
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The flowers lack nectar, but are very attractive to bees coming for the pollen. The carpenter bee is a common pollinator, and wasps, flower flies, and bumblebees visit the flowers. The flowers produce two types of pollen, fertile pollen from the ring stamens and sterile pollen from the hood structure. Taken at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
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