Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925) a german botanist was Orchidaceae (orchids) specialist and curator at the Botanical Museum Berlin. During his journey time (1891-1910) he has visited Africa, Middle – and South America, Indonesia, Australien und New Guinea, where Rudolf Schlechter collected lots of tropical plants. Whilst being in South Africa he did also research on rubber plants. By order of an industrial concern he undertook an expedition to investigate rubber plants in Mozambique and got infected with a febrile tropical disease, which he just escaped being killed. In 1904 Rudolf Schlechter did his botanical doctorate.
Afterwards he started taxonomical work, especially on Orchidaceae (orchids) and Asclepiadoideae (especially on Hoya, wax flower plants), at the Botanical Museum in Berlin. His biggest research achievement was on orchids, he described for the first time more than 1000 species. Rudolf Schlechter died at the age of 53 at the 15.11.1925 in Berlin.
His author abbreviation: Schltr.
His huge collection of tropical plants got destroyed
during the bombardment of Berlin in 1945.
His author abreviation: Schltr., formerly also Schlechter.

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








[...] Papilionanthe teres Roxb. Schltr. 1915, synonym:Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindl. 1833 is a terrestrially or epiphytic growing orchid, [...]
[...] “unreal beauty” Hoya benguetensis has been named by Dr. Rudolf Schlechter (1906) after her place of discovery in the Provinz of Benguet – Philippines. The beautiful, [...]
[...] is a native plant to the Philippines and Indonesia, to which region isn´t clearly… »Rudolf Schlechter 1872-1925 German Botanist Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925) a german botanist was Orchidaceae (orchids) specialist and curator at [...]
[...] is a native plant to the Philippines and Indonesia, to which region isn´t clearly… »Rudolf Schlechter 1872-1925 German Botanist Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925) a german botanist was Orchidaceae (orchids) specialist and curator at [...]
[...] buotii Kloppenburg, also called Hoya halconensis Schlechter ex Kloppenburg is an outstanding white Hoya wax flower, native to the Philippines. The Hoya buotii [...]
[...] Drymoda siamensis Schltr. 1906 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchids endemic to North Thailand and Laos. The plant is [...]
[...] เอื้อง เข็ม แสด Ascocentrum miniatum (Lindl.) Schltr.1913 พบได้ทั่วประเทศครับ. ดอก เอื้อง [...]
[...] เข็ม แดง (Ascocentrum curvifolium (Lindl.) Schltr. 1913) [...]
[...] Calanthe cardioglossa Schltr. 1906, in common parlance called The Heart Shaped Lip Calanthe is native to Thailand, Laos and [...]
[...] is a small epiphytic orchid, native to Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), China (Hainan) and Vietnam. 1922 Rudolf Schlechter, a German botanist, classified this orchid species as Echioglossum birmanicum, in the year 1972 the [...]
[...] has been found in the year 1905 at the island of Mindoro, Philippines and has been named by the German botanist Rudolf Schlechter. Hoya mindorensis plants are available in various colours, like pink, red, yellow and [...]
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[...] ambrosia (Hance) Schltr. 1919 is a lithophytic growing, small sized orchid species native to South China and Vietnam. The [...]
[...] difformis (Wall. ex Lindl.) Schltr. 1919 is an epiphytic growing miniature orchid species, endemic to the Himalayas, South China, Burma [...]