What did Charles Darwin propose after observing the 11-inch long nectaries of the Angraecum sesquipedale orchid in Madagascar?
A) the presence of very small bees that can fit into a long nectar tube
B) the existence of a pollinator moth with a proboscis of 10-11 inches
C) that the orchid was an evolutionary dead end and could no longer reproduce
D) that the orchid must reproduce asexually
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