From Charles Wright to Asa Gray 20, 25, and 26 March and 1 April 1864

Letter and/or further information available at https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4433.xml.

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4433,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 9 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4433

Summary

Describes the flower and mode of action of a particular orchid.

Has been examining Spiranthes and is experimenting to see whether insects are necessary for its fertilisation.

It seems that Oncidium is designed so as not to be fertilised.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-4433
From: Charles Wright
To: Asa Gray
Date: 20 Mar 1864
Date: 25 Mar 1864
Date: 26 Mar 1864
Date: 1 Apr 1864
Sent from: Retiro Cuba
Source of text: DAR 181: 163
Physical description: 4pp † (by CD)

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12.