Christensonia vietnamica Haager 1993
Eria mucronata Lindl. 1842, Eria rigida
Hoya praetorii Miq. 1856
Jade Vine Strongylodon macrobotrys
Cattleya Chocolate Drop Kodama
Bulbophyllum careyanum Spreng. 1826
Stichorkis latifolia Pfitzer 1897 Liparis latifolia
Olof Peter Swartz Swedish Botanist
Cymbidium chloranthum Lindl. 1843
Clitoria ternatea Butterfly Pea flower
Miniature Orchid Ornithochilus difformis Schltr. 1919
Dendrobium cymboglossum
Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindl. 1847 Bulbophyllum polystictum
Eria javanica (Sw.) Blume 1836
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi f. sanguinea Christenson 2001
Hoya obscura Wax Flower
Habenaria medusa Kraenzl. 1893
Bulbophyllum auratum Ridl. 1861 Cirrhopetalum auratum
Dendrobium setifolium Ridl.1896
Rhynchorides Bangkok Sunset Orchid Hybrid
Karl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862), also called Charles Ludwig de Blume and Karel Lodewijk Blume, was a German-Dutch botanist. Karl Ludwig Blume was born at 09.06.1796 in Braunschweig, Germany.
In 1818 he was sent by his teacher and mentor Sebald Justinus Brugmans as a naturalist to Jakarta, Indonesia, what was that time named Batavia. From 1823 to 1826 Karl Ludwig Blume was the Deputy Director of Agriculture at the botanic garden in Bogor/Java. He was living on the Sunda islands until the year 1827 and was collecting plants. While he was going back to Europe, he took a collection of more than 3000 plant species with him. After his return he has been genteled as a privy councillor and knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion and he became the Director of the Rijksherbarium. In the year 1855, Blume has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Karl Ludwig Blume died in Leiden, Netherlands at the 03.02.1862.
He described a huge amount of plant species.
His author abreviation is: Blume
[...] by the macro photography our young photographer Chocolate did of a budding red Hoya coronaria Blume 1826 flower. We`re all been thinking this macro shots are “Out of this World” © [...]
[...] โฮย่า ดาว ชมพู Hoya coronaria Blume cv. pink มีขนาดกว้าง 3-4 ซม.ครับ. ขอบ ดอก [...]
[...] Grammatophyllum scriptum (Lindl.) Blume 1849 is a big, epiphytic growing orchid species, native to the Philippines and New Guinea. The [...]
[...] Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume 1825 with its spectacular inflorescences is an epiphytic orchid species, endemic to the Himalayas, [...]
[...] epiphytic growing miniature orchid Dendrobium indivisum (Blume) Miq. 1859 is native to Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. The small [...]
[...] spathulata (Blume) J.J. Sm. 1912, often misspelled as Robiquetia spatulata is an epiphytic growing orchid species [...]
[...] orchid with its vanilla-scented small flowers, has been described by the German-Dutch botanist Karl Ludwig Blume in 1825 as Dendrolirium ornatum Bl. 1825. The about 2 cm sized flowers are blooming on an [...]
[...] Christenson 2001 and other subspecies or variations of the Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi (Breda) Blume & Rchb.f.1860. The name Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi f. sanguinea Christenson 2001 is still just a [...]
[...] javanica (Sw.) Blume 1836 is an epiphytic, sometimes lithophytic, growing orchid species with highly fragrant flowers. [...]
[...] the Stichorkis latifolia (Lindl.) Pfitzer 1897 has been classified by the German-Dutch botanist Karl Ludwig Blume as Malaxis latifolia Blume 1825. Sir John Lindley changed the name in Liparis latifolia Lindl. [...]