Junction Hotel
Drummond2
I inclose to you the only orchid Dear Baron, which I have succeeded in collecting during this season, that I did not get in the Loddon district last season, all the orchids in this (Coliban to Mt Franklin) district3 that I obtained I now give you a list of — that you may be able to compare with other districts viz — Eriochilus auts,4 Pterostylis parviflora, Pt nana, Pt. Curta, Pt nutans, Pt praecox Pt. barbata, Diuris peduna,5 D. macula6 Caladenia deformis, C. Carnea, C alata C pulcherrima, Calochilus campestris, Prasophullum7 patens, Thelymitra longifa8 T. carnea (just coming in bloom) — Microtis parvifa9 and a Thelymitra, with much broader leaf and very large bracts, 4 or 5 of them, yet the bloom appears nearly the same, whether only a variety or not I cannot tell
I have failed to get T. antennifera or T. McMillani, or T. McKibbini10 here also I failed to get Prasm Archeri11 or intricatum or Caladenia Coerulia12 although I searched very carefully all this district.
I regret you had not sufficient specimens to enable you to examine the Pterostylis I sent you early in the year, as I know I never collected it before & it differs from the only one (Pt. nana) it has any likeness to, by having a double pointed labellum
I am Dear Baron
yours very truly
J N McKibbin
Baron von Mueller K.C.M.G &c &c
Caladenia alata
Caladenia Carnea
Caladenia Coerulia
Caladenia deformis
Caladenia pulcherrima
Calochilus campestris
Diuris maculata
Diuris pedunculata
Eriochilus autumnalis
Microtis parviflora
Prasophullum patens
Prasophyllum archeri
Prasophyllum intricatum
Pterostylis acuminata
Pterostylis barbata
Pterostylis Concinna
Pterostylis Curta
Pterostylis nana
Pterostylis nutans
Pterostylis parviflora
Pterostylis praecox
Thelymitra antennifera
Thelymitra carnea
Thelymitra longifolia
Thelymitra McKibbini
Thelymitra McMillani
Please cite as “FVM-83-10-00,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-10-00