RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1862.08.05. Tried 2 more flowers of Dendrobium chrysanthum. CUL-DAR70.174. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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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Aug. 5. 1862. Tried 2 more flowers of Dendrobium chrysanthum - one acted beautifully, it is, I think, the perhaps quite subsequent rebound of labellum, which drives the pollinium against stigma.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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