30/10/75.
Yesterday, dear Mr Ramsay, I have received from Mr Walter1 good flowering specimens of the Dendrobium from the Duke of York's Island.2 These leave no doubt, that it is merely a variety of D. antennatum of Lindt from New Guinea, the inner sepals being some what shorter and broader than in the typic form. The species—, so far as I am aware—, is as yet nowhere under culture.
Regardfully your
Ferd von Mueller.
Dendrobium antennatum
Please cite as “FVM-75-10-30,” 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/75-10-30