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To John Lindley 15 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for a flower of Bolbophyllum, a genus that puzzles him.
Recent work has convinced him a number of orchids are male. Points out that JL [in The vegetable kingdom (1846), pp. 177–8] "accidentally misquoted" R. H. Schomburgk on this point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 198) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3344 |
To John Lindley 24 December [1861]
Summary
Delayed thanking JL for two notes until he heard from Hooker about Acropera luteola; had no idea A. luteola was not a well-known name.
Cites his reasons for identifying A. loddigesii as male; hopes for a Gongora flower from Hooker which, JL suggested, may be the female.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 24 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 199) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3350 |
To John Lindley 28 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for information about Acropera luteola.
Also thanks for the Gongora; cannot avoid the impression it is male.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 28 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 200) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3353 |
