Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum, the sack-shaped catasetum, is a species of orchid.[1]
Charles Darwin remarked on the ability of the species to launch its viscid pollen sacs with explosive force, when an insect touches a seta. He was ridiculed for reporting this by the naturalist Thomas Huxley.[2]
Gallery
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1838 illustration
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1905 illustration
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Illustration of the column
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Illustration: (C) cross section of the column and (D-E) pollinia
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References
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