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DCP-LETT-6178

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 163: 14/2; DAR 164: 40
Summary:

Raises a question about a statement in Orchids; his observations differ.

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DCP-LETT-6183

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 May 1868
Source of text:
DAR 164: 41
Summary:

Is confirmed about the bending of the fly orchid pollinia. [See "Fertilisation of orchids", Collected papers 2: 141.]

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DCP-LETT-6185

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
19 May [1868]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/2)
Summary:

Thanks THF for correcting the error in Orchids.

Asks him to find out what insects visit the fly orchid and for what purpose.

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