The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Aug 15 /84 ¶ Dear Baron ¶ ¶ I write to say that the ¶ Dendrobium superbiens ¶ , Fitzgerald quite distinct from the plant of Rchb fil ¶ ¶ Thanks for ¶ Latourea ¶ you are no doubt right. ¶ ¶ Am gl...

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RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 84.08.15b

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Dendrobium superbiens
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Joseph Hooker to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1884-08-15 [84.08.15b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/84-08-15b>, accessed May 10, 2025

MS embossed with crest of Royal Gardens Kew.

Aug 15 /84

Dear Baron

Hooker is responding to questions and comments in M to J. Hooker, 25 June 1884 (in this edition as 84-06-25a).

I write to say that the , Fitzgerald quite distinct from the plant of Rchb fil

Reichenbach (1876) described . Cf. Fitzgerald's illustration of , the name of which he attributes to Reichenbach (R. Fitzgerald (1875-94), vol. 2, part 1, plate [5]).

Thanks for you are no doubt right.

Am glad you liked the . 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.

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83).

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 names

B84.03.01?

— I have not digested it yet, being frightfully busy.

Ever sincerely yr

Jos D. Hooker

Bentham is back — very low & weak.