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Dr Matthew Jebb, former Director of the National Botanic Gardens, explains how many plants emit strong night scents to attract nocturnal pollinators like moths and midges. He recounts Darwin’s prediction about a Madagascan star orchid with long nectar spurs and the later discovery of the hawkmoth Xanthopan praedicta with a 30cm proboscis...