Charles Samuel Pollock Parish
Charles Samuel Pollock Parish (18221897) was an Anglo-Indian clergyman and botanist who served as chaplain to the forces of the Honourable East India Company in Burma. With his wife Eleanor he collected and painted plants, chiefly orchids, identifying and naming a number of species new to science. Several species are named in his honour. Early life Parish was born in Dum Dum, near Calcutta, India on 26 January 1822 as the second son of the Reverend Henry Parish (17911873). He was educated in England from around the age of ten, and graduated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University in 1841. He was ordained as a deacon on 7 June 1846 and as a priest 30 May 1847. From 15 August 1846 he was curate at West Hatch, Somerset, and from December 1849 had the same role at nearby Bickenhall and Orchard Portman. Burma In 1852 Parish was appointed as assistant chaplain to the Honourable East India Company in the province of Tanintharyi Region, Tenasserim, Burm ...
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Paphiopedilum Parishii (Rchb
''Paphiopedilum parishii'' is a species of orchid found in northern and western Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Yunnan and Assam, in montane forests at 1200–2200 m above sea level. It is named after Charles Samuel Pollock Parish, an English botanist and avid plant collector who had a particular interest in the flora of Myanmar (then Burma). Plants in this species are described as being epiphytes or lithophytes. They grow in thick moss which occurs on boulders or on the tree branches of ''Terminalia (plant), Terminalia'' in humid and shady broad-leaved forests, making them facultative lithophytes. ''Paphiopedilum parishii'' is placed in section ''Pardalopetalum'' based on its Chromosome number, chromosome count, multifloral inflorescence, distribution and leopard spots on the petals. Description The 5-8 leaves are clear green, Glossary of botanical terms#lingulate, lingulate, up to 45 by 4.5–7 cm and thick. The 2-7 flowers are 7.5 cm across and open simultaneously on an ...
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