This Orchid I got off an old log top Range back from Trinity Bay1 it was not then in flower and I took it for a Phaius But as it has just sent up this spike I pack it off to you be kind enough to determine for me
Phaius
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Note found with specimen (MEL 677532) of Microstylis bernaysii collected by Bailey and named by M for Lewis Adolphus Bernays (B78.03.01, p. 21). The sheet also includes M's specimen label: 'Microstylis Bernaysii F.v.M. | Trinity Bay | Bailey | 1878'. The item is dated to February 1878 as the latest that it could have been sent to have been mentioned in M to G. Bentham, 28 February 1878.
Please cite as “FVM-78-02-00,” 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