Labellum

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What Wikipedia says

In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera, that serves to attract insects, which pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them.

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Image: NC Orchid from North Carolina, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.