from a press release (Auckland Museum) : "An exhibition of images and ephemera celebrating 100 years since Cheeseman published... Manual of the New Zealand Flora in 1906.
17 November 2006 - 4 March 2007 ... Thomas Frederick Cheeseman (... 1845-1923) was the Auckland Institute and Museum botanist and...director... for nearly 50 years (1874-1923). ... When he was 22 years old he sent a local orchid to Joseph Hooker at Kew that was later named after him: Corysanthes cheesemanii [Corybas cheesemanii (Hook.f. ex Kirk) Kuntze] ... By the time his 1906 Flora was published Cheeseman was corresponding with numerous botanists... Charles Darwin was among Cheeseman's correspondents. letter... concerns the way in which an orchid is pollinated." article URL : http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0611/S00159.htm ************* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
