Who pollinates Florida’s super ghost orchid in Corkscrew Swamp? (opens in new tab)

What can pollinate an orchid with a nectar spur up to 16 centimeters (6 inches) long? In 1862, Charles Darwin asked a version of that question. He predicted a moth western naturalists had yet to see. Florida’s ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii) is pale, night-blooming, and belongs to the same angraecoid...

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