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An orchid species exists that has a 25-25 cm long flower spur (the comet orchid), and 19th century botanists were puzzled as to how it could be pollinated in th
by ldayley 6y ago
An orchid species exists that has a 25-25 cm long flower spur (the comet orchid), and 19th century botanists were puzzled as to how it could be pollinated in the wild. Darwin speculated that an insect with a long proboscis would be found to exist and researchers soon discovered the Sphinx Moth. [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angraecum_sesquipedale#Reproduction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angraecum_sesquipedale#Reprodu...