Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M5, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 77.09.22

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1877-09-22. 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//letters/1870-9/1877/77-09-22-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS found with a specimen of Dendrobium lichenastrum (MEL 544731).
Ivanhoe Cottage
Robert St. Brisbane
Sept 22nd /77
Baron von Mueller
My dear Sir
I enclose in this a very small Orchid which I found on the top of a high tree which was thrown by the road party on the top of Range Trinity Bay I send all the plants I could find to Bowen Park
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The Queensland Acclimatisation Society's ground in Brisbane.
where they are now in flower From the Flora
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Bentham (1863-78) , vol. 6, p. 287.
I think it may be
Bolbophyllum lichenastrum

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F.M. a plant I have never come across — and perhaps you described that from a dried specimen and would therefore like to see a fresh plant I make the following notes on the veining & colour as they are perhaps lost in drying
The plant forms irregular patches similar to
Dendrobium linguefora

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Dendrobium linguiforme?
for which I at first took it Sepals & petals cream colour Lateral sepals marked with (5) five blood red veins, dorsal sepal having only (3) three blood red veins and the petals only one (1.) central vein The labellum is a rich orange colour and marked with two (2) forked veins —
Many thanks for your kind enquiries after my health As the weather warms I find myself getting stronger
Ever your much
obliged
F. M. Bailey