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Dimorphorchis lowii
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Painted as: |
Renanthera lowii |
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Scrapbook: |
53 |
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Date: |
1887 |
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Distribution: |
Borneo |
With two distinct types of fertile flowers borne on a single flowering
stem, Dimorphorchis lowii is one of the most unusual of
all the South-east Asian orchids. Hugh Low, who discovered it in
Sarawak on the island of Borneo, was a distinguished colonial civil
servant based on Labuan, a small island off the north coast of Borneo.
He travelled extensively in northern Borneo and wrote of the splendours
of the plants and animals he encountered in his book Sarawak
and its inhabitants and productions.
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