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=== Pollination === When touched, the [[Labellum (botany)|lip]] of the flower rocks back and forth inside the cup-shaped flower as if the lip was a child in a cradle. As a result, it is sometimes known as a cradle orchid. Similarly, it has been known in Columbia as ''cuna de Venus'' (cradle of Venus). When an [[Euglossini|orchid bee]] pollinator lands on the opening of the flower, its weight tips the flower forwards, and the lip moves down to allow the bee inside the flower. Having moved into the flower, the change in the centre of gravity tips the flower back, flipping the lip upwards, pressing the bee against the [[rostellum]] and sticky [[Pollinium|pollinia]]. On a return visit, the same maneuver presses the pollinia into the flower's [[Stigma (botany)|stigma]].<ref name=":0" />
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