Aug 15 /84
Dear Baron1
I write to say that the Dendrobium superbiens, Fitzgerald quite distinct from the plant of Rchb fil2
Thanks for Latourea you are no doubt right.
Am glad you liked the Labichea. Yes, it is a great pity that Rchb. f. would not publish a revision of either genera or species of Orchids. I urged him to do so over & over again before Gen. Plant.3 should be forced to undertake it. He has suspended all communication with Kew, why I cannot conceive except that we did the Orchids for Genera without him! — He is an unaccountable creature.
Thanks for the article on Genera names4 — I have not digested it yet, being frightfully busy.
Ever sincerely yr
Jos D. Hooker
Bentham is back — very low & weak.
Dendrobium superbiens
Labichea
Latourea
Hooker is responding to questions and comments in M to J. Hooker, 25 June 1884 (in this edition as 84-06-25a).
Reichenbach (1876) described Dendrobium superbiens. Cf. Fitzgerald's illustration of Dendrobium superbiens, the name of which he attributes to Reichenbach (R. Fitzgerald (1875-94), vol. 2, part 1, plate [5]).
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83).
B84.03.01?
MS embossed with crest of Royal Gardens Kew.
Please cite as “FVM-84-08-15b,” 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