No matter how I’ve tried,I’ve newer recorded such a success with my garden efforts as did I with simple act of planting Wisteria sinensis alba about ten years ago.I am absolutely noncompetitive gardener,but must admit that it feels good when my neighbors stop by our house in simple admiration of white waterfall,I’ve noticed even some envy in eyes of my dear next-door neighbor having blue variety of wisteria which doesn’t want to flower.But there is something I enjoy even more as flattery during May, when my wisteria is just as magical smelling cloud-it is sitting on our wisteria terrace and observing many bees and bumblebees constantly flying among scented flowers.There are so many a buzz is becoming a sort of music,vanishing with wind and appearing stronger again and again.The same one bumblebees are coming back to eat sweet nectar again and again,day after day!Well, this is called flower constancy (and not,as one might assume the constant beauty of my wisteria) although from my point of view it could be called bumblebee constancy!
Bumblebees will also tend to visit the same patches of flowers every day, as long as they continue to find nectar and pollen,[11] a habit known as pollinator or flower constancy. While foraging, bumblebees can reach ground speeds of up to 15 metres per second (54 km/h).[12] from;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee
| Wisteria sinensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Millettieae |
| Genus: | Wisteria |
| Species: | W. sinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DCfrom:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria_sinensis |
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Thank you so much for this post–I’ve been trying to figure out what this flower is! Beautiful photos and very informative.
Thank you,it took me some time to “catch” bumblebees
How simply & elegantly beautiful
& I love the bees’ bottoms visible amongst the lovely flowers
Thank you,it wasn’t so easy catching them,for they are fast and moving all the time!At least flower constancy made them come back
beautiful
Thank you!
Gorgeous wisteria, and I love the concept of “flower constancy.”
Thank you-it also smells gorgeously, so “flower constancy” concept is easy to follow