Platanthera praeclara [pollination & insect interaction]

 Western Prairie Fringed Orchid [Platanthera praeclara], close up of the stigma [between the anther sacs] . Polk County, Mn. 7-12-24. Federally Listed As Threatened.

Unknown seed pods are stuck to the sticky stigma. Blown from adjacent grasses. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid [Platanthera praeclara]. Polk County, Mn. 7-12-24. 

The giant anther sacs and the pollinaria contained within, also notice the large viscidium at the tip of he anther sac. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid [Platanthera praeclara]. Polk County, Mn. 7-12-24. The pollinarium from the left anther sac appears to be mising but the viscidium seems the be in place,  possibly chewed out by an unknown insect