To John Rogers 14 October [1861]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Oct 14th
Dear Sir
Mr Veitch has kindly sent me a Catasetum & I think I at last understand its mechanism.2 I shd. like to quote what you said;3 but I am anxious to hear (if you will kindly inform me) whether you often touched the “trigger”; & if so whether you did it with your finger & in this case, whether the sticky hair or gland always or generally hit your finger so as to stick to it. I shd. be very much obliged for this little bit of information.
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Did you ever notice any nectar in the pouch or basin in the labellum of Catasetum? Have you cultivated Stanhopea and you ever notice nectar in the cup of this genus? or in Oncidium?
Footnotes
Summary
Would like to quote JR on the trigger mechanism of Catasetum in Orchids
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3285F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Rogers
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Rogers family (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3285F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3285F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18 (Supplement)