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Bulbophyllum medusae
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Painted as: |
Cirropetalum medusae |
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Scrapbook: |
13 |
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Date: |
1867 |
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Distribution: |
Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra and
the Philippines |
With its strange fringed flowers, Bulbophyllum medusae
brings to mind the snake-ringed head of the Medusa of Greek mythology.
It must have amazed Thomas Lobb when he first encountered it in
the rainforests of Singapore. He was a very active collector of
orchids and other exotic plants in the Far East during the 1840s
for the nursery of James Veitch & Sons of Exeter and Chelsea.
His name lives on in orchids such as Bulbophyllum lobbii
and Dendrobium lobbii.
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