<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Hi Sander,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Two persons from the Netherlands published a book on the structure and function of the orchid flower a few year ago: </span><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256842988_The_Flower_of_the_European_Orchid_Form_and_Function" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256842988_The_Flower_of_the_European_Orchid_Form_and_Function</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You can download the book for free and you will see it is an astonishing work!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I think you have observed a very interesting finding since the authors of the book only list a single Diptera (a tachinid) as pollinator of European orchids! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">In case you need someone to do the barcoding, let me know, I will be happy to do this for you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You can contact the authors at: : <a href="mailto:jean.claessens@naturalis.nl" target="_blank" style="color:blue">jean.claessens@naturalis.nl</a> and </span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a href="mailto:jac.kleynen@ziggo.nl" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US">jac.kleynen@ziggo.nl</span></a></span><span lang="NL" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Cheers,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">kurt</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Kurt Jordaens</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Department of Biology - Invertebrates</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="220" height="71" alt="cid:image010.png@01D3FD05.DE5347E0"></span><span lang="NL-BE" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times,serif"><span style="font-famil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