Frederick William Burbidge
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Frederick William Thomas Burbidge was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries.
An illustration of Burbidgea nitida from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1879). The plant was discovered by Burbidge on an expedition in Borneo.
Nepenthes rajah
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Nepenthes rajah is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the family Nepenthaceae. It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Nepenthes rajah grows e
Frederick William Burbidge
…he also visited Johore, Brunei, and the Sulu Islands. He brought back to Great Britain many remarkable plants, especially: pitcher plants, such as "Nepenthes rajah" and "N. bicalcarata"; orchids, such as "Cypripedium laurenceanum", "Dendrobium burbidgei" and "Aerides burbidgei…
Nep rajah 2 flower
Mature plants with both lower and upper pitchers
The peltate leaf attachment
A terrestrial pitcher