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Papilionanthe teres
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Painted as: |
Vanda teres |
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Scrapbook: |
43 |
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Date: |
1884 |
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Distribution: |
Nepal, North-east India, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand,
South China, Indo-China |
John Day thought of this orchid as ‘one of the most lovely
orchids in creation’. He saw it growing in the wild during
his visit to Assam in India. William Roxburgh described it in his
Flora Indica (1820-24). Roxburgh was Superintendent of
the East India Company’s Spice Plantations and travelled widely
in the Far East in the early years of the nineteenth century. His
original drawings of Indian plants are among the treasures held
in Kew’s archives.
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