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Orchis italica

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Orchis italica. See image source here.

#984 They called me Orchis italica, also known as × Orchiaceras welwitschii, and Orchis welwitschii. I pay homage to the male botanist Friedrich Welwitsch. They first catalogued me in 1798.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Cephalanthera longifolia

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Cephalanthera longifolia. See image source here.

#978 They called me Cephalanthera longifolia, also known as Cephalanthera thomsonii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Thomson, or Charles Wyville Thomson. They first catalogued me in 1888.

Native to Borneo, Jawa, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.

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Ornithogalum sigmoideum

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Ornithogalum sigmoideum. See image source here.

#972 They called me Ornithogalum sigmoideum, also known as Ornithogalum sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1896.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burkina, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Marianas, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Niger, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.