- Angrae****
sesquipedale /ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪliː/, also
known as Darwin's orchid,
Christmas orchid, Star of
Bethlehem orchid, and king of the angrae****s, is an...
- long spur at the back of the
labellum (lip). In the case of Angrae****
sesquipedale, a
species from Madagascar, on
observing the 30
centimetres (12 in) spur...
- hawk
moths and very long
corolla tubes. The
comet orchid (Angrae****
sesquipedale), a rare
Malagasy flower with its
nectar stored at the
bottom of a 30-centimetre-long...
-
Gelidium sesquipedale is a
commercially important species of red algae. It is a
thalloid seaweed,
branching on a
single axis. A
clonal species, it grows...
-
Comet orchid (Angrae****
sesquipedale), the
flowers of this
orchid have a very long spur and are
pollinated by a
species of
hawkmoth with a
proboscis of...
-
evolution by
natural selection to
predict that
since a
plant (Angrae****
sesquipedale) with a long spur in its
flowers exists, a
complementary animal with...
-
naturalist Charles Darwin surmised that the
flower of the
orchid Angrae****
sesquipedale was
pollinated by a then
undiscovered moth with a
proboscis whose length...
- son
Robert confirmed the
names of the specimens,
including Angrae****
sesquipedale from Madagascar.
Darwin was
surprised at the
defining characteristic...
-
including his then-controversial
proposal that the long
nectary of Angrae****
sesquipedale meant that
there must be a moth with an
equally long proboscis. This...
- 40 cm
nectar spur,
rivalling that of the
famous Darwins'
orchid (A.
sesquipedale), and as such may have the
longest spur of any
orchid species. Although...
