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An Enthusiasm for Orchids$
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John Alcock

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195182743

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182743.001.0001

The Adaptations of Behaving Plants

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(p. 27 ) 2 The Adaptations of Behaving Plants
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An Enthusiasm for Orchids
Author(s):

John Alcock

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182743.003.0002

The warty hammer orchid is only one of many plants with moving parts that play an adaptive role in the life of these organisms. This chapter examines Darwin’s methods of studying plant behavior, with his fascination for the adaptations of both those orchids and carnivorous plants that “behave” in order to achieve adaptive goals.

Keywords:   Darwin, orchid, plant behavior

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