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Józef Warszewicz
Józef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz () ( September 1812 – 29 December 1866) was a Polish people, Polish botanist, biologist and plant and animal collector. Life Warszewicz was born on ( September 1812 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Born into an impoverished Polish family of lower nobility, he grew up in Vilnius, and became a botanist at the botanical garden of the Vilnius University. While at the university, he joined the November Uprising which was quickly and brutally suppressed, whereupon, with the remnants of the Polish army, he fled to Germany. In the years 1840-1844 he worked as assistant gardener in the Botanical Garden at Berlin. In 1844, upon recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt, he was sent by Louis van Houtte, Louis Benoît Van Houtte, a horticulturalist of Ghent, to join a Belgian colony in Guatemala, where he soon became an independent collector and wholesale supplier of plants to European horticulturalists and botanical gardens. Warszewicz was especially interested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philodendron Warszewiczii
''Philodendron warszewiczii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also .... It is native to southern Mexico, and to Central America. A climber, it is typically found in the seasonally dry tropics at elevations from , where it can grow in soil, on rocks, or epiphytically on trees. It is facultatively deciduous in the dry season. References warszewiczii Flora of Southwestern Mexico Flora of Southeastern Mexico Flora of Central America Plants described in 1855 Taxa named by Karl Koch Taxa named by Carl David Bouché {{Araceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odontoglossum Warscewiczianum
''Odontoglossum'', first named in 1816 by Karl Sigismund Kunth, is a formerly accepted genus of orchids that is now regarded as a synonym of ''Oncidium''. Several hundred species have previously been placed in ''Odontoglossum''. The scientific name of the genus is derived from the Greek words ''odon'' (tooth) and ''glossa'' (tongue), referring to the two tooth-like calluses on the base of the lip. Species formerly placed in this genus are cool to cold growing orchids to be found on open spots in the humid cloud forest at higher elevations from Central- and West South America to Guyana, with most species around the northern Andes. The abbreviation for this genus is ''Odm''. in the horticultural trade. Many of the species formerly placed in the genus are in great demand with orchid lovers because of their spectacular and flamboyant flowers. Description Most species formerly placed in the genus are sympodial epiphytes, or rarely terrestrials. The pseudobulbs are compact with leaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |