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DCP-LETT-3186

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
17 June [1861]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 697)
Summary:

Asks for specimen of Orchis pyramidalis for his work on insect fertilisation of orchids.

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DCP-LETT-3193

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
22 June [1861]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 692)
Summary:

Thanks GB for specimen [of Orchis pyramidalis].

Discusses a great difficulty with orchids: "Insects visit several species which never secrete an atom of honey." [See Orchids, p. 44ff.] Does GB know whether nectar is ever secreted and reabsorbed promptly?

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