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            Shooting stars (Dodecatheon pulchellum) are my favorite wildflowers.  They are essentially primroses with reflexed petals.  The petal positioning seems to make landing on the flower more difficult for potential pollinators. However the  shooting stars rely on a "buzz" pollination strategy where the positioning of the pollinator's (usually bumble bees) flight muscles causes tightly held pollen to fall off the anthers and land on the legs and body of the pollinator or directly on to the stigma of the same flower.  Buzz pollination occurs in other species with similar flower morphology, such as some plants in the tomato family.

Two shot stack to catch both flowers in focus but keep a shallow dof

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Boulder (show map)

Taken on: June 13, 2017

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Dodecatheon pulchellum

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buzz pollination

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M2, f/9.0, 1/80 sec, 90mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M2
Lens:	FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	Low
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.10.1 (Macintosh)
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