Colour similarity to rewarding model plants affects pollination in a food deceptive orchid, Orchis boryi

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Relationship of visual and olfactory signal parameters in a food-deceptive flower mimicry system (2005, background): “O. boryi in central Greece is also a generalized mimic: bees visiting this orchid were observed foraging on several different food plants in the direct vicinity (Gumbert and Kunze, 2001).”
Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification (2004, background): “40.0 (20) 65.0 (20) Luyt & Johnson, 2001 Orchis boryi Rchb. f. 97.9 (90) 98.8 (139) Gumbert & Kunze, 2001 Orchis laxifora spp. Palustris Lam.”
How plant¿animal interactions signal new insights in communication (2004, background): “Some such orchids are Batesian mimics, closely resembling a single rewarding model [43], whereas others broadly resemble several species with rewarding flowers [ 12 ].”
The combined effect of color and odor on flower choice behavior of bumble bees in flower mimicry systems (2001, background): “Although the similarity to any of the rewarding models was very high, the orchid’s visitation rate correlated with perceptual similarity of color, indicating that bees broadly generalized from the floral signals of their food plants to the mimic ( Gumbert and Kunze, 2001 ).”