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The demand grew, the plants became more and more expensive, and the profession of orchid hunter was created. Orchid hunters faced tropical diseases, wild animals and venomous snakes, floods, indigenous peoples, and often fierce competition with each other. [1] [3] In 1901, eight orchid hunters went to look for rare orchids in the Philippines ...
Orchidelirium, also called orchidomania or orchid fever, is the name given to the Victorian era's flower madness for collecting and discovering orchids. Wealthy orchid fanatics of the 19th century sent explorers and collectors to almost every part of the world in search of new varieties and species of orchids.
Charles Wesley Powell (May 5, 1854 – August 18, 1927) was an American hobbyist turned horticulturist specializing in the study of orchids (Orchidaceae). [1] He is credited with providing scientists the first large-scale collection of orchid specimens found in Panama.
Abel Aken Hunter (September 18, 1877 – April 6, 1935) was an American botanist that collected and cataloged Panamanian orchids and a member of orchid hunting expeditions. . From 1915 to 1935, Hunter traveled with well-known collectors and researchers at the time such as: Charles Powell, George Pring, Carroll Dodge, Julian Steyermark, and Paul Alle
Although his main business included the collection of orchids, he also collected other species for herbarium collections, especially mosses, as well as insects. [ 1 ] Micholitz worked in the Philippines (1884–1885), the Aru Islands (1890), the Maluku Islands (1891), New Guinea and Sumatra (1891–1892), the Ambon Island and the Natuna Islands ...
She began by collecting ferns and then orchids and other plants. She also taught at the international school in Bulolo. Attracting the interest of Forestry Officers with her collecting work, she began collecting both live and herbarium specimens for the Lae Botanic Gardens situated in PNG's second-largest city of Lae. She quickly attracted ...
The orchid family is one of the largest flowering plant families in the world. Orchids can be found on every continent except Antarctica, from the steamy jungles of Asia to the dry deserts of ...
Thomas Lobb returned to Java in 1854 to 1857, his third collecting trip. A leg injury occurred on his fourth and final collecting trip (1858 to 1860) visiting North Borneo, Burma, Sumatra and the Philippines. He retired to Cornwall in 1860 to live near family, having injured a leg, which was eventually amputated either in the Philippines or ...