Feedback request: Orchis ustulata (K000773963)

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Specimen #337259

Taxon:	Orchidaceae: Orchis ustulata L. ("Burnt Orchid")
Filed in taxon folder:	Orchidaceae: Orchis ustulata L. ("Burnt Orchid")
Collected by:	Mr Robert Benson Bowman
Collection date:	2/6/1833
Locality:	Great Britain, VC66 County Durham, Cleadon hills, NZ3963
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K000773963
Image: © Kew
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Documented by johned on 26^th May 2012.

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johned wrote

Can't be certain that RBB = Robert Benson Bowman (1808-1882) but as he lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne it seems fairly likely. His herbarium is at the Hancock, so could be checked.