The  various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects
By: by Charles Darwin.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev.  4th thousand ... --
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1885
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Fertilization of plants by insects; Orchids
Other titles: On the fertilisation of orchids by insects
Work titles: Fertilisation of orchids.
Notes: On spine: Fertilisation of orchids.

Caption title: On the fertilisation of orchids by insects, &c. &c.

Includes index.

Freeman 806.

Extraneous p. ix-[x], from a copy of the author's The movements and habits of climbing plants, inserted following p. xvi.

Originally published as: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing.

"List of papers and books ... published since the appearance of the first edition of this work in 1862, arranged in chronological order": p. vii-x.