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The moth Acontia luctuosa and orchid pollen, 1862.
The moth Acontia luctuosa and orchid pollen, 1862. This shows seven pairs of pollinia of Orchis pyramidalis on the moth's proboscis. The pollen would have become attached when the insect fed on the flower's nectar. When the next Orchis pyramidalis was visited the pollen would be left in a flower, thus cross-fertilizing it. From The Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin. (London, 1862).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AGED
ANIMAL
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert
concept
CONTROVERSY
DARWIN
fertilisation
Fertility
Flower
FLOWERS
Insect
JOB
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Man
Men
Monochrome
Natural History
NATURALIST
NATURE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
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OCCUPATION
old
Orchid
Oxford Science Archive
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Plant
POLLEN
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THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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