How do orchids know what bees look like?

[dendro photo]

i feel the flowers came first and everything else morphed to use them

[Connie Star]

Originally Posted by dendro photo

i feel the flowers came first and everything else morphed to use them

This is THE classic question- which came first, the chicken or the egg?

[camille1585]

Originally Posted by dendro photo

i feel the flowers came first and everything else morphed to use them

I don't think anything came first, they co-evolved to have the relationship they have today. Natural selection favored the the bee looking/smelling plants since they were more likely to be pollinated.