From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society   [Dec 1895]

[Orchids, Monstrous.— Baron Sir Ferd. Von Müller sent specimens, drawings of which were shown by Dr. Masters, of flowers of Glossodia and Caleana, the former having three lips, while the latter had no lip but a petaloid column, &c.]

Caleana

Glossodia

Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society held on 14 January 1896, Gardeners' chronicle, 1 February 1896, p. 146. The letter is dated to early December 1895 as the latest likely date that it could have been sent to have been reported at that meeting.

Please cite as “FVM-95-12-00d,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/95-12-00d