Bulbophyllum comberi
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Bulbophyllum comberi is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum
. The species was named in the honour of James Comber
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Bulbophyllum
Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae. With more than 2,000 species, it is also one of the largest genera of flowering plants, exceeded only by Astragalus...
. The species was named in the honour of James Comber
James Comber
Jim "James" Boughtwood Comber was born in Scotland into a family famous for horticulture. After studying in Kew he worked at Sapang and later near Medan . After appointment by Ciba-Geigy he stayed at Jakarta and later Surabaya. He spent some of his leisure time photographing orchids...
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