A reply: "Dear Raghu ji, Thanks for the info.
That Darwin's orchid is now called Anagraecum sesquipedale and the moth which was discovered around 40 years later was called, Xanthopan morganii praedicta, also called the predicted one. But later this insect name was rejected as the concerned insect was already described earlier. Very interestingly, on the basis of Darwin's comment, one of his friends, Thomas William Wood made a hypothetical sketch of the moth in 1863 in Darwin's, Various contravinces by which orchids are fertilized by insects. You may check that book available on internet. To add to this, do you know that this Anagraecum were found distributed on two more nearby islands to Madagascar. and they realized that they were a different species which were not pollinated by these moths, so what were they pollinated by, was revealed recently....and the pollinators were Crickets. This was found by one of the researchers from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on 2010. Orchids are always interesting, you can never imagine..... You know orchid species were described much before the description of the family Orchidaceae....approximately 20 years. Secondly, the accepted name of family orchidaceae is actually not according to ICBN and supposed to be incorrect but it is still accepted............. Orchids starts with errors and very strangely, all errors are accepted!! Orchids are always unique, from their origin to taxonomy to ecology.....they are totally different and out of the world. .............. Regards Pankaj" On 6 June 2010 19:45, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > Rashida ji, > > Months back I watched an amazing video of Darwins comet orchid and a > moth with very long proboscis which feeds on its nectar, just wanted to > share the same with you and the group. > > Darwin saw an orchid in Madagascar which had its nectar 30cms down the > long tube. He then predicted there should be a moth somewhere with long > proboscis (tongue) which can reach the nectar. Many years later scientists > were able to capture the nocturnal moth feeding on the nectar. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMVN1EWxfAU > > Regards > Raghu > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> > *To:* J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > *Cc:* efloraofindia <[email protected]>; mani nair < > [email protected]>; rashida atthar <[email protected]>; navendu > page <[email protected]>; Dr. Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>; > tanay bose <[email protected]>; Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sun, 6 June, 2010 7:01:53 PM > *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:37375] Phalaenopsis -Moth orchids > > I have already informed the enthusiastic member all the details I had. > > regards, > Rashida. > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 11:46 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Clarifications/ feedback required: >> "Thanks Rashidaji, Is your phal and hybrid? What is its name? Is it >> grown from a seed or keiki? >> Sorry for too many question? I am very much interested in growing >> phals." from Mani ji. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> >> Date: 26 May 2010 19:20 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:36063] Phalaenopsis -Moth orchids >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> This winter I tried growing these Phalaenopsis- Moth orchid for the first >> time and it was sheer delight to see one by one the flowers blooming with >> just watering every third day!. The blooms remained for over two months. >> For those interested in growing orchids indoors besides the usual >> Dendrobiums this is a good and easy one to grow and very beautiful too. >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, >> Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg >> For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- >> Efloraofindia:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. 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