Orchids attract their pollinators via mimicry, they don't offer pollen or nectar as a reward.
Raphionacme aren't endangered, although they are extremely slow growers and there are some growing in the wild near my house but it is illegal to take plants from the wild here due to the destruction of other species due to overcollection. Many plants taken from the wild don't survive transplantation and this is one that doesn't like being moved.
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They're the cats of the plant world. :)
That raphinacme is excellent. There's something about plants with colorful flowers growing in dry environment that I find alluring. Maybe I used to be a pollinator in my past life. I didn't know it was illegal to harvest plants from the wild. We have a more permissive attitude, though harvesting from certain areas is illegal and generally frowned upon. There's some harvesting done here for medicinal plants and mushrooms.