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William Hugh Gower
William Hugh Gower


From the Journal of the Kew Guild 1896:

" Most Kewites will have learnt from the horticultural press that Mr Gower died on July 30th 1894 at Tooting.  He was for many years a prolific writer on horticultural subjects, chiefly Orchids, his contribution to the Garden being perhaps most valuable.  He was joint author with Mr J Britten FLS, of a small work entitled Orchids for Amateurs; he also assisted Messrs B S Williams and Sons in the preparation of their various publications.  Mr. Gower was for some years foreman in the Orchid and Fern Departments at Kew, leaving in 1865.  He formed a collection of dried specimens and pictures of garden plants of all kinds, which after his death was purchased and shared by Kew and the Edinburgh Botanic Garden.  Mr Gower was 60 years of age when he died"
Orchid Named after William Hugh Gower

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Paphiopedilum appletonianum (Gower) Rolfe 1896
Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt
http://www.orchidphotos.org/index.html

Common Name: Appleton's Paphiopedilum [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower:  A medium sized, terrestrial or lithophytic or occasional humus epiphyte herb occurring in silicate soils, leaf mould and on mossy rocks below trees with deep shade in lowland evergreen forests and primary highland cloud forests at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters as a hot to cool growing orchid with 6 to 8, narrowly elliptic to oblong elliptic, subacute to obtuse at the tridenticulate apex, mottled pale and darker green leaves found in Chins, Southern Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia that blooms in the winter and spring with 1 or 2 flowers per, erect, terminal, to 20 to 50 cm long, purple-brown, shortly pubescent inflorescence with green lanceolate, acute, ciliate floral bracts.

Synonyms: Cordula appletoniana (Gower)Rolfe 1912; *Cypripedium appletonianum Gower 1893; Cypripedium bullenianum var appletonianum (Gower) Rolfe 1893; Cypripedium poyntzianum O'Brien 1894; Cypripedium waltersianum Kranzlin 1898; Cypripedium wolterianum Kranzlin 1895; Paphiopedilum appletonianum var hainanense [Fowlie] Braeme 1999; Paphiopedilum appletonianum var poyntzianum [O'Brien] Pfitzer 1903; Paphiopedilum cerveranum Braem 1999; Paphiopedilum cerveranum forma viride Braem 1999; Paphiopedilum hainanense Fowlie 1987; Paphiopedilum hookerae [Rchb.f ex Hook.f] Stein subsp appletonianum [Gower] M.W.Wood 1977; Paphiopedilum puberulum Lei & Zhang 2002; Paphiopedilum robisonii forma viride Braeme 1998; Paphiopedilum tridentatum Chen Liu & Zhang 2001; Paphiopedilum wolterianum [Kranzlin] Pfitzer 1903