RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1862.08.25. [Note on Bee Ophrys.] CUL-DAR70.57. 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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Bee Ophrys Aug 25 1863
I fertilised 2 flowers with 2 additional pollinia one produced a good deal of seed; another little. But 2 out of 5 pods, gathered promiscuously, produced incomparably more seed. In all cases all seed with embryos (no evidence of good of pollinia)
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