Orchids are amazing things, and at a certain point you have to wonder if they're evidence of some kind of cosmic sense of humour.
Thanks, National Geographic:
July 17, 2007—It may look enticing, but this "female wasp" (left) is all stalk. That's because this temptress is actually a recently discovered hammer orchid, a flower that has evolved to resemble the body of a female wasp. Hapless male wasps are lured to land on—and thus pollinate—the flower.
"All stalk". Bwaa ha ha ha.
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