The flowers finally opened last weekend! Somehow, big Coelogyne flowers tend to attract the big black wasp which came two days later and devoured 2 of the flowers. Lucky for me, i took a few pictures before it happened. That's nature. The wasp's service is probably required and the fleshy flowers are just the reward.
However, smaller Coelogyne flowers are spared, like this Coelogyne fimbriata which has never suffered any wasp attack.
The flowers themselves may have the ability to produce the unique pheromones to attract the intended insects.
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