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  1. Jennifer Ebeling @[email protected] ·

    #January 25, 1862
    #OTD Charles #Darwin received a box of #Orchids.

    After sorting the #Flowers, one #Orchid caught Charles' attention: the #Angraecum sesquipedale, commonly called Darwin's Orchid or the #Christmas Orchid.

    Charles suspected an unknown moth w/ a 14-inch long proboscis co-evolved w/ the orchid to #Pollinate it. Many people scoffed - a moth with a 14-inch tongue?!

    But, in 1903, such a #Moth was discovered.
    21 years after Darwin's death, his guess was proved correct.

    #Nature

    #january #otd #darwin #orchids #flowers #orchid