The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [Sent Baron Mueller specimen of Dendrobium a species near D. ¶ rigidum ¶ ¶ I found this flower (the only one) on a plant at Bowen Park ¶ labeled from Daintree ¶ In general appearance of plant o...

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Physical location:

Notebook, Colonial Botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane. 79.04.10a

Plant names

Dendrobium linguiformi
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Dendrobium rigidum
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Preferred Citation:

Frederick Bailey to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1879-04-10 [79.04.10a]. 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/1870-9/1879/79-04-10a-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Letter not found; item is a notebook summary only, dated 10 April 1879.

[Sent Baron Mueller specimen of Dendrobium a species near D. rigidum

I found this flower (the only one) on a plant at Bowen Park

The garden of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society.

labeled from Daintree

Daintree River, Qld.

In general appearance of plant one might take it for

D. linguiforme ? The specimen is almost certainly preserved as MEL 0624408, as D. rigidum .

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