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From:
Philip Henry Gosse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1863
Source of text:
DAR 165: 76
Summary:

Asks CD’s help with problem that arose when he tried to impregnate an orchid following CD’s text in Orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Philip Henry Gosse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 June 1863
Source of text:
DAR 165: 77
Summary:

Thanks CD for his full reply. Sends additional facts derived from further observation, and a possible solution.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Philip Henry Gosse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 July 1863
Source of text:
DAR 165: 78
Summary:

On CD’s request to observe bee Ophrys: PHG’s son collected 16 plants – of the 32 flowers, two had lost both pollinia, two had lost one each. He himself found two plants with pollinia adhering to the stigma.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Philip Henry Gosse
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Apr 1864
Source of text:
DAR 165: 79
Summary:

Asks how he can identify pollen-tubes.

Has succeeded in impregnating orchids of widely different genera with each other’s pollinia. "Is not this something new?"

Offers to exchange Catasetum for other varieties.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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