How does the floral pattern of Mediterranean orchid Ophrys guarantee cross pollination?

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The flower takes up the mechanism of the pseudocopulation in which the flower looks like the female wasp of a particular species.
When the male wasp sees it gets attracted and proceeds to copulate it. When it copulates the pollen grain of different species falls on the flower with the male wasp thus the flower gets pollinated and cross-fertilization is done.

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