To P. H. Gosse 2 June [1863]
Summary
Can only conjecture that the problem occurs because the plant is not living in its natural conditions. Refers to what he said on Acropera [in Orchids]. Many plants under culture have sexual functions altered.
Asks PHG to look at bee Ophrys at Torquay to see if pollinia are ever removed. "It is my greatest puzzle."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Philip Henry Gosse |
| Date: | 2 June [1863] |
| Classmark: | Leeds University Library Special Collections (Brotherton Collection: Gosse Correspondence) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4200 |
