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Pollination
Both Charles Darwin (1862) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1867) correctly predicted that the Madagascan orchid Angraecum sesquipedale would be pollinated by a hawkmoth with an exceptionally long proboscis. The moth, Xanthopan morganii praedicta, was…
Read the article: Darwin, Wallace, and the Prediction of a Long‑Tongued MothPollination
Angraecum sesquipedale, the “Darwin’s orchid” of Madagascar, bears a nectar spur up to 45 cm long. Charles Darwin predicted that only a moth with an equally long proboscis could pollinate it, a prediction…
Read the article: Darwin’s Orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) and Its Predicted Hawk‑Moth PollinatorMEET THE ORCHIDS BEHIND THE STORIES
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