To George Bentham   7 September 1872

Melbourne

bot Garden

[7]/9/721

 

You will find, dear Mr Bentham, that among the specimens of Dendrobium teretifolium, sent by me, are some with more slender leaves, a somewhat different inflorescence & slight other characteristics upon which Mr Fitzgerald & myself have separated it as D. Fairfaxii.2

Yr

Ferd von Mueller

 

Dendrobium Fairfaxii

Dendrobium teretifolium

 
1
The first numeral in the date appears to be written over a previous ‘6’.
2
B72.14.02, p. 360. Bentham (1863-78), vol. 6, p. 285 did not recognise D. Fairfaxii as a distinct species.

Please cite as “FVM-72-09-07a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/72-09-07a