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The highland “variant” matches the type (said to be from the mountain of Java) and also as illustrated in one of the early interpretations [as Corysanthes limbata] published in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine in 1863 (vol. 89 (Ser. 3 no. 19) pl. 5357).

Here are 2 entities known as a very variable taxon, #Corybas pictus #Orchidaceae. [Left] A lowland “variant” from Borneo, and [Right] A clone very common in cultivation and likely a highland “variant”. Do you think they are the same? Please let me know what you think 🤔

📣 Out Now! #Eugenia venteri (sect. Jossinia), likely the first flagelliflorous #Eugenia (#Myrtaceae) ever recorded in the 🌏, is found on Manus Island, #PNG. This amazing tree produces flowers on the ground and gets pollinated and dispersed by native 🐀 link.springer.com/article/10.100…