Darwin's Orchid
by Katja Rosvall
Flowering Plants
Keywords: Darwin's Orchid, Angraecum sesquipedale
Charles Darwin predicted that there must be a moth with a proboscis long enough to drink nectar from the 30 cm long spur of this flower. After his death, the moth was found: Morgan's Sphinx (Xanthopan morgani).
The yellow light from the greenhouse's lighting system cannot be completely eliminated from the photo...
Turku University Botanical Gardens, Ruissalo, SW Finland
[Stern von Madagaskar; Tähtikämmekkä]
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