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Calanthe vestita var.
lutea
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Scrapbook: |
39 |
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Date: |
1883 |
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Distribution: |
Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, peninsular Malaysia,
Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi |
Since Nathaniel Wallich collected Calanthe vestita in
the 1830s, this species has been extremely popular with orchid growers.
Wallich spent 30 years as superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic
Garden and is best known for the Nepalese and Indian plants he introduced
to cultivation. The Wallich Herbarium, the herbarium of the Honourable
East India Company, is kept at Kew. It forms the basis of our knowledge
of plants from the subcontinent.
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