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Orchids are also some of the most deceitful flowers, having evolved sometimes elaborate ruses to lure pollinators. In a new study of the most brazen of these botanical cheats, the species that entice pollinators with false promises of sex, scientists have discovered that one group of orchids has taken the art of manipulation to shameless heights

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