When I first saw this beautiful orchid from Madagascar, Angraecum sesquipedale, in 1862. Its foot-long green throat holds sweet nectar. I was so puzzled on what insect/animal can suck it. Then I predicted that Madagascar must be home to an insect with an incredibly long feeding tube, or proboscis. No such insect had ever been found there on this island. I discovered the giant hawk moth, which hovers like a hummingbird as its long, whip-like proboscis probes for the distant nectar. On that day I knew I would be discovering things that nobody has ever herd of.
My Prediction (plants)
When I first saw this beautiful orchid from Madagascar, Angraecum sesquipedale, in 1862. Its foot-long green throat holds sweet nectar. I was so puzzled on what insect/animal can suck it. Then I predicted that Madagascar must be home to an insect with an incredibly long feeding tube, or proboscis. No such insect had ever been found there on this island. I discovered the giant hawk moth, which hovers like a hummingbird as its long, whip-like proboscis probes for the distant nectar. On that day I knew I would be discovering things that nobody has ever herd of.
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