Darwin's orchid
 

I just enjoy the story behind this one. The Madagascar Star Orchid, or "Darwin's Orchid" (Angraecum sesquipedale)
This is a picture of mine that opened today
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very nice, I love the green color

Very nice!

Really nice.

I like the story of this one as well. Saw it first on a BBC show about plants a few months ago.

Really nice pic - and the bloom is off of a rather small A. sesquipedale. I have read that there are two varieties of this, one huge variety and a smaller variety.
For those who don't know, this is the orchid that Darwin found and theorized that there had to be a pollinator with a very long tongue / proboscis. He was ridiculed for this thought as it would require a pollinator with a 12 inch proboscis, which was unheard of at the time, but years later a large moth (a form of sphinx moth, I think?) was observed visiting a Ang. sesquipedale; it had an extremely long proboscis, confirming Darwin's theory. This was the first time that a pollinator was theorized to exist based simply on the formation of a flower. Unfortunately, Darwin had died before this moth was found, but it has ultimately immortalized him due to this find!
Really nice flower! I forget - is there any smell? I have a small clone of this and hope it will do as well as yours!
Steve:waving

Beautiful.
My plant looks bigger than yours but still didn't bloom once. What is your secret?

Green house with height humidity and bright light is all

Beautiful!

Darwin would be proud!

It was a hawkmoth of some sort and it took 40 years to find the moth.