The Alpine snowdrop, a flower native to high-altitude mountain ranges, relies heavily on the hummingbird species Trochilus montanus for pollination. In the late 1800s, several of these flowers were relocated to a valley region devoid of T. montanus. Yet, driven by evolutionary forces, nature's intricate relationships have a propensity to reestablish themselves. By the mid-1900s, researchers noticed not only the appearance of T. montanus in the valley but also that the Alpine snowdrop was predominantly pollinated by them.
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