2. Ophrys sphegodes, the early spider orchid, has flowers with yellow-green sepa

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2. Ophrys sphegodes, the early spider orchid, has flowers with yellow-green sepals and petals and one highly modified, velvety brown central petal at the base of the flower There is single male anther is found at the tip of the column. The stigma is on the underside of the column just below the anther. ARKIve www.arkive.org Is the flower complete or incomplete? [0.5 pt] Compe ke Is the flower perfect or imperfect? [0.5 pt] Pseeet is the flower radially or bilaterally symmetrical? [0.5 pt] Dick Hutchings

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1. The flower is complete (It contains all the four organs of a flower i.e. sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels)
2. The flower is perfect (It contains both stamens and carpels).
3. The flower is bilaterally symmetrical due to the presence of highly modified central petal.

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