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John Rogers (naturalist)
John Rogers (1807–1867) was an English barrister, known as a naturalist particularly interested in orchids, and gardener. Early life He was the son of John Rogers of London, and was often called John Rogers, Jun. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1826, graduating B.A. in 1830 M.A. in 1833. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1836. He was from a wealthy family background, and an only son, and was able to lead a gentlemanly life. Career Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 December 1839. He resided at Riverhill House near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he bought the estate in 1840. It was in that year that his father, John Rogers "of Upper Tooting", died. Rogers was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and supported plant hunting. He raised plants such as ''Bessera elegans''. Among plants collected in the Real del Monte area of Mexico was one sent to Rogers, and initially named ''Hydrotaenia meleagris''. An account of it was published by Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. (See ''External links'' below). The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. The largest genera are ''Bulbophyllum'' (2,000 species), ''Epidendrum'' (1,500 species), ''Dendrobium'' (1,400 species) and ''Pleurothallis'' (1,000 species). It also includes ''Vanilla'' (the genus of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
