Maurandya antirrhiniflora

Casual observation indicated that not much was pollinating the CB snapdragon vines. The fact is, casual observation indicated nothing at all for pollinators. Therefore, I, Crumby, took it upon myself to watch the snapdragon vines until a pollinator came along. That took a while.

Yes. Snapdragon vine is introduced to the CB. So is the soil it’s growing in. No wonder then, there aren’t many pollinators. Yet eventually a pollinator turned up. Here is a little bee that turned up to pollinate the snapdragon vine. This bee is fixing to entirely disappear inside the corolla. After a while, its duty done, this bee shall come on out.

Catching these bees is easy once they are inside the corolla. What you do is, use both hands, one hand to hold the corolla tube shut, the other hand to pinch the flower off the vine. Then, you have your bee trapped and ready to go. Yepper. You shall have a tiny yet aggravated bee on your hands.