Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Hybrid Cardinal Flower


Lobelia X speciosa (Hybrid Cardinal Flower)
(Hummingbirds & bumblebees suck nectar; this hybrid is the result of a natural cross between Lobelia cardinalis & Lobelia siphilitica; observations are from Robertson and Graenicher)

Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris (Rb, Gr)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica (Rb)


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