The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: [ ¶ 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 ...

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Horticultural Society, 1895-12 [95.12.00d]. 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/1890-6/1895/95-12-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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.

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