Feedback request: Ophrys insectifera (27564)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #283311

Taxon:	Orchidaceae: Ophrys insectifera L. ("Fly Orchid")
Filed in taxon folder:	Orchidaceae: Ophrys insectifera L. ("Fly Orchid")
Collected by:	W Young
Collection date:	6/1873
Locality:	Germany
ex herb:	Dr Robert Large Baker
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
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Documented by oldnick on 24^th November 2009.

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date	user	change
19/12/2010	oldnick	Deleted locality:
19/12/2010	oldnick	Added locality: DE

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oldnick wrote

I had no luck seeking any clues to the illegible collector (Young I think rather than Gough) or place. The W Youngs on the database (one of them too 'young') collected in Scotland.

[David Price]

Looks like he visited Germany too.

[oldnick]

The @ (?) deflected me from that. I think Hayes & Bloxam bear comparison with some of the great duos of the past, such as Lewis and Clark, Morecamba and Wise, Laurel and Hardy, Jekyll and Hyde, Burke and Hare, Ant and Dec, Raglan and Lucan, Fanny Cradock and Johnny, Archie Andrews and Peter Bruff etc.

[Chris Liffen]

As a matter of curiosity / interest, is anything known about the provenance / history of these sheets? Who were Hayes / Bloxham? Desmond has several Hayes entries from a painter to a nurseryman.
Chris

[oldnick]

There are several other Hayes/B specimens collected from Germany (unlocalised) by Mr Young.