For example, Darwin noted, the flower spur of the Malagasy orchid Angraecum sesquipedale contains a pool of nectar that is almost a foot inside the opening of the flower. From Wordnik.com. [False Fear? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
I am glad you had the courage to take up Angraecum. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]
Madagascar, existence of insects capable of fertilising Angraecum in. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Thus the immense length of the nectary of the Angraecum sesquipedale of. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
Angraecum sesquipedale, a Madagascan orchid, with a whiplike nectary, 11 to. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
There is a nice illustration of the predicted Madagascar moth and Angraecum sesquipedale. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]
Wallace, Mr. A.R. on Angraecum sesquipedale. on brightly coloured caterpillars. on the faunas of the Malay archipelago. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
Angraecum cadetii becomes pollinated, so they aimed their night-vision cameras at the flowers and hit the "record" button. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference
I forgot to remark how capitally you turn the table on the Duke, when you make him create the Angraecum and moth by special creation. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]
The genus Angraecum orchid is usually pollinated by moths, but cadetti's nectar-spur opening is just the right shape for the cricket, known as the. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
There are precedents: Darwin deduced the existence of a long-tongued Madagascar hawkmoth from the long nectar tube of the orchid Angraecum sesquipedale. From Wordnik.com. [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference
Kaempfer describes two kinds by the names of angurek warna and katong'ging; the first of which I apprehend to be the anggrek bunga putri (Angraecum scriptum, R.) and the other the anggrek kasturi (Angraecum moschatum, R.) or scorpion-flower, from its resembling that insect, as the former does the butterfly. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
I am glad you had the courage to take up Angraecum (203/2. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
Angraecum spp.) from Madagascar that had nectar spurs over a foot in length. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Angraecum in relation to. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Angraecum sesquipedale, i. 189 (note). From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences]
Angraecum sesquipedale, Duke of Argyll on. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Comet orchid Angraecum sesquipedale. From Wordnik.com. [To the Otherside of the World and Back] Reference
Angraecum. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
Angraecum cadetii. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Angraecum sesquipedale. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
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