RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.02.07. Phalænopsis grandiflora. CUL-DAR70.108. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR70 contains material for Darwin's book Orchids (2d ed. 1877).

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Phalænopsis grandiflora - Veitch

I cannot doubt that anvil is gnawed - Lateral lobes of labellum admirably guide.

Two tendrils produced from end of Labellum & turned inwards, so that insect is induced to gnaw crown of anvil - if they gnawed or sucked end of anvil would not touch disc.

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