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Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (Heinrich Friedrich Conrad Sander; [1] 4 March 1847 in Bremen – 23 December 1920 in Bruges) was a German-born orchidologist and nurseryman who settled in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England and is noted for his monthly publication on orchids, Reichenbachia, named in honour of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach of Hamburg, the great orchidologist.
Cattleya dowiana aurea, from Reichenbachia Series I Volume I Plate 5.. Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described is a four-volume 19th-century text created by German-born orchidologist Frederick Sander which features life-size illustrations and descriptions of nearly two hundred orchids with text in English, French, and German.
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Alocasia micholitziana grows to around 50 cm (1.6 ft) tall. It has 4 to 7 leaves. The petioles are about 45 cm (1.48 ft) long and are a mottled brownish, reddish, or purple in color.
It is commonly called Waling-waling [2] in the Philippines and is also called Sander's Vanda, [3] after Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, a noted orchidologist. The orchid is considered to be the "Queen of Philippine flowers" and is worshiped as a diwata by the indigenous Bagobo people.
Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920), German-born orchidologist and nurseryman H. F. Baker (Henry Frederick Baker, 1866–1956), British mathematician Frederick Heinrich
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Alocasia sanderiana, commonly known as the kris plant or Sander's alocasia, is a plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Northern Mindanao in the Philippines, but is commonly grown as an ornamental plant worldwide. It is classified as critically endangered in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.