Drakaea is a genus of 10 species in the plant family Orchidaceae commonly known as hammer orchids. All ten species only occur in the south-west of Western Australia. Hammer orchids are characterised by an insectoid labellum that is attached to a narrow, hinged stem, which holds it aloft. The stem can only hinge backwards, where the broadly winged column carries the pollen and stigma. Each species of hammer orchid is pollinated by a specific species of thynnid wasp. Thynnid wasps are unusual in that the female is flightless and mating occurs when the male carries a female away to a source of food. The labellum of the orchid resembles a female thynnid wasp in shape, colour and scent. Insect pollination involving sexual attraction is common in orchids but the interaction between the male thynnid wasp and the hammer orchid is unique in that it involves the insect trying to fly away with a part of the flower.
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Drakaea is a genus of 10 species in the plant family Orchidaceae commonly known as hammer orchids. All ten species only occur in the south-west of Western...
Drakaea micrantha, commonly known as the dwarf hammer orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is similar to other...
Drakaea confluens, commonly known as late hammer orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is similar to other...
Drakaea andrewsiae, commonly known as the lost hammer orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. The species was first...
Drakaea isolata, commonly known as lonely hammer orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is pollinated by a single...
Drakaea livida, commonly known as warty hammer orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is pollinated by a single...
Drakaea elastica, commonly known as glossy-leaved hammer orchid or praying virgin is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia...
Drakaea glyptodon, commonly known as king in his carriage is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is pollinated by a...
Drakaea concolor, commonly known as the kneeling hammer orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. The species is...
Drakaea thynniphila, commonly known as narrow-lipped hammer orchid is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is pollinated...
Drakaea gracilis, commonly known as slender hammer orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south–west of Western Australia. It is pollinated by...
2018. "Drakaea huntiana". APNI. Retrieved 26 April 2018. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1889). "Description of a new form of the orchid genus Drakaea, indigenous...
Heinrich Reichenbach assigned them to an extant genus, Drakaea, publishing the combination Drakaea ciliata. However, in a 1989 revision David Jones and...
missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=v560 Drakaea gracilis Hopper & A. P. Br. (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved January...
but the key stimuli are often chemical and tactile. The hammer orchid (Drakaea spp., an endangered genus of orchid that is native to Australia) is one...
and New Zealand. Orchids in this genus as well as the hammer orchids (Drakaea) are pollinated by male thynnid wasps. Orchids in the genus Caleana are...
2 cm (0.8 in) wide and bear a striking resemblance to those in the genus Drakaea. The dorsal sepal is curved backwards, almost horizontally behind the flower...
were of orchids and Lindley named the Western Australian orchid genus Drakaea in her honour. She also contributed illustrations to the Transactions of...
occidentale). Rare plants within Jarrah Forest include orchid species Drakaea confluens and Caladenia bryceana, and Baumea reed beds are unique to the...
hop-bush SA Drakaea confluens Hopper & A. P. Brown ms. Late hammer-orchid WA Drakaea elastica Glossy-leaved hammer-orchid, praying virgin WA Drakaea isolata...
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