Angraecum leonis

Angraecum leonis is a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae family.[1] The orchid propagated around 1922 by Ms. Edith Watson (18 November 1895 – 1 May 1967) of Home Farm, Woburn, England.

Angraecum leonis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Angraecum
Species:
A. leonis
Binomial name
Angraecum leonis
(Rchb.f.) André (1885)
Synonyms
  • Aeranthes leonis Rchb.f. (1885) (Basionym)
  • Aeranthes leonii Rchb.f. (1885)
  • Angraecum humboltii Rchb.f. (1885)
  • Angraecum humblotii Rchb.f. ex Rolfe (1894)
  • Mystacidium leonis (Rchb.f.) Rolfe (1904)
  • Macroplectrum leonis (Rchb.f.) Finet (1907)

It was named in honor of Sir Herbert Leon, her father James Telford Watson's employer at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, where he was Estate Manager at the time.

Sir Herbert gave Edith Watson a book entitled "Orchids, their culture and management" by Watson and Chapman, on June 26, 1918, when she was 23 years of age. She won a Cultural Bronze Medal and F.C. Botanical Certificate at the Manchester and A.M.London show of 1922. She also propagated another orchid which she named Odonto. Crispum var. Colin, in honour of her eldest son Colin Barrow (b 1919).

Her daughter was Jean Barrow, later to work at Bletchley Park during World War II.

Edith Watson is buried at Olney Cemetery.[2]

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References
  1. "Angraecum leonis (Rchb.f.) André". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. 1.reproduction copy prints of both orchids.2. ownership of the book "Orchids, their culture and management" with the entry to Edith by Sir Herbert. 3 Edith Watson is my maternal Grandmother.


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