Will observe fertilisation of melastomads as CD requests.
Observations on fertilisation by ants.
Detailed observations on sexes in Catasetum, which were made before he received Orchids and which differ from CD’s findings.
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Will observe fertilisation of melastomads as CD requests.
Observations on fertilisation by ants.
Detailed observations on sexes in Catasetum, which were made before he received Orchids and which differ from CD’s findings.
Observations on Catasetum.
Figs require insects in order to set seed.
Thanks for presentation copy of Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Ficus experiments confirm CD’s supposition that insects visit Melastoma for nectar, but HC thinks pollen-seekers fertilise the flowers.
Maranta fertilisation.
Sends his MS of orchid paper ["A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35] for CD to send to an editor.
CD was right about Catasetum sexes.
Ficus experiments fail.
Asks about insect fertilisation of Melastomataceae.
Thanks for news about fertilisation of Melastomataceae.
Discusses fertilisation of orchids.
Mentions observations by John Scott.
Asks about "bud-variations".