Which of the following plants employs"sexual deceit" to get pollination done by a species of bee?
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In Ophrys (commonly called the bee orchid), the flower mimics the appearance and scent of a female bee. Male bees, attempting to copulate with the flower (a phenomenon called pseudocopulation), inadvertently pick up and transfer pollen, thus achieving pollination. This strategy is called sexual deceit and it is an example of mutualism.
While other option are:-
Yucca → pollinated by moths (mutualism).
Pisum sativum → pollinated by insects, no sexual deceit.
Chenopodium → mostly wind pollinated.
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