The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ This Orchid I got off an old log top Range back from Trinity Bay ¶ it was not then in flower and I took it for a Phaius But as it has just sent up this spike I pack it off to you be kind enough to...

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Physical location:

MEL 677532, National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 78.02.00

Plant names

Phaius
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Preferred Citation:

Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1878-02. 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/1870-9/1878/78-02-00-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Note found with specimen (MEL 677532) of Microstylis bernaysii collected by Bailey and named by M for Lewis Adolphus Bernays (B78.03.01, p. 21). The sheet also includes M's specimen label: 'Microstylis Bernaysii F.v.M. | Trinity Bay | Bailey | 1878'. The item is dated to February 1878 as the latest that it could have been sent to have been mentioned in M to G. Bentham, 28 February 1878.

This Orchid I got off an old log top Range back from Trinity Bay

Qld.

it was not then in flower and I took it for a But as it has just sent up this spike I pack it off to you be kind enough to determine for me