Orontium aquaticum, golden club, mysterious wetland plant, primitive, only member of its genus left in existence. What pollinates this? The literature (that I could find) indicates basically that we don't know. The flower is a bit stinky and has that, "I love flies" look to it, though. My highly technical search through Golden Club pictures online shows only one picture with an insect...which in this case might be a bee. No flies so maybe something comes at night, perhaps hobgoblins or baby elves. I assume that we will all be on the lookout for populations of this species to study. Picture and specimen by Helen Lowe Metzman. 17:17, 7 May 2021 (UTC)17:17, 7 May 2021 (UTC){{{{{{0}}}}}}17:17, 7 May 2021 (UTC)17:17, 7 May 2021 (UTC) All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish. Photography Information: Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200 We Are Made One with What We Touch and See We are resolved into the supreme air, We are made one with what we touch and see, With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair, With our young lives each spring impassioned tree Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change. - Oscar Wilde You can also follow us on Instagram - account = USGSBIML Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen: Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
www.extreme-macro.co.uk/ Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4 Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
www.photomacrography.net/ Contact information: Sam Droege sdroege@usgs.gov 301 497 5840
