Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum dentiferum
Bangkok Rose Mussaenda Queen Sirikit
Luisia thailandica
Spiral Ginger (Costus barbatus)
Green Orchid Grammatophyllum multiflorum var. multiflorum
Queens Wreath (Petrea volubilis)
Hoya lasiantha
Geodorum recurvum (Roxb.) Alston 1931
Coelogyne pandurata
Garlic Vine (Mansoa alliacea)
Yellow Poinciana (Peltophorum pterocarpum)
Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum biflorum
Water Lily Nymphaea Madame Wilfon Gonnère
Hoya imperialis
Oncidium Twinkle White Fantasy
Blue Lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)
Santo Papa Passionflower (Passiflora foetida)
Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula)
Flamboyant (Delonix regia)
Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum)
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
Heliconia stricta Huber
Clitoria ternatea Butterfly Pea flower
Cynorkis uncinata H. Perrier 1931 Madagascar Orchids
Water Lily Hybrid Nymphaea Peach Glow
Hoya excavata Teijsm. & Binn. 1863
[...] 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” © [...]
[...] 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. [...]
[...] Giant Orchid, Queen of the Orchids , Sugar Cane orchid or Tiger orchid, Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume 1825 is the largest and heaviest orchid species in the world. The orchid can reach a height up to [...]
[...] tankervilleae (Banks) Blume 1852, a terrestrial orchid, native to Australia, the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand [...]