Acontia luctuosa with seven pairs of pollinia of Orchis pyramidalis on its proboscis. From Charles Darwin 'The Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects', London, 1899 (second edition)


Acontia luctuosa with seven pairs of pollinia of Orchis pyramidalis on its proboscis. From Charles Darwin 'The Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects', London, 1899 (second edition)


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