The genus comprises around twenty five species of terrestrial orchid distributed from southern Asia (specifically India and Sri Lanka) Thailand, Malaysia down through Indonesia and into Australia and New Zealand, as well as Samoa, New Caledonia, Vanauatu, the Philippines and Taiwan. Five species are found in Australia, of which three are endemic. ...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptostylis
(from the article `Orchidales`) Australian orchids of the genus Cryptostylis are pollinated by ichneumon wasps of the genus Lissopimpla. The wasp, after backing into the stigma, ... ...copulatory movements, the visiting insect acquires the pollen sacs (pollinia) of the orchid and subsequently transmits them to other blossoms. A ... [...
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/165
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