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- Charles_Wesley_Powell abstract "Charles Wesley Powell (5 May 1854 - 18 August 1927) was an American hobbyist turned horticulturist specializing in the study of orchids (Orchidaceae). He is credited with providing scientists the first large-scale collection of orchid specimens found in Panama. In the early 1900s, he became internationally famous for his new discoveries and valuable contributions to orchidology by gathering, rediscovering, cultivating, preserving, documenting, and submitting-for-study a diverse assortment of hundreds of distinct specimens: yielding many new to science species.Powell's specimen records (also known as herbarium specimens) and his Panama garden were studied by researchers at the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Berlin Botanical Garden, the Orchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames at Harvard University, the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, and the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG). Dozens of orchid species were named in his honor. In 1922, German botanist Rudolf Schlechter published his 95 page Orchidaceae Powellianae Panamenses (Panama orchid collections by C. Powell): principally on the basis ofPowell's efforts. Powell's work remains relevant not only because his records document valuable scientific data, but they continue to provide material for study – many of his digitized herbarium specimens are freely available online via virtual herbaria. In 1926, Powell donated his world-class orchid garden (orchidarium) to the renowned MBG of St. Louis, Missouri. Under Powell's direction, a Tropical Station was created by the MBG in Balboa, Panama; 7,000 plants from Powell's orchid garden populated the satellite operation. For the MBG, a snowball effect occurred in the tropics; orchid collecting began there in earnest and over the next 13 years, orchids from its Tropical Station would appreciably augment the collection of the parent garden in St. Louis. "Today, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s orchid collection represents one of the largest and finest in the United States."".
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- Charles_Wesley_Powell birthName "Charles Lesslie Pullen".
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- Charles_Wesley_Powell birthName "Charles Lesslie Pullen".
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- Charles_Wesley_Powell caption "Dove orchid".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell caption "Epidendrum fragrans".
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- Charles_Wesley_Powell dateOfBirth "1854-05-05".
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- Charles_Wesley_Powell knownFor "Orchids of Panama-collection, documentation, donation".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell name "Charles Wesley Powell".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell occupation "Bookkeeper, nurse, orchidologist".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell placeOfBirth "Richmond, Virginia".
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- Charles_Wesley_Powell quote "A colony of vicious ants always is found in the roots of the bucket orchid. I am beginning to believe the eggs and waste nourish the orchid. As the branch falls [to the ground] the Indian scrambles down [the tree] and dives in the nearest water. You make a noose in a long rope, drop it over the branch and jerk it into the water. In a half hour or so the ants have drowned or floated away. Then you can pick up your rare find, but not before.".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell quote "Notice to Town Clerks If every Town Clerk in the New England States who sees this notice, will examine the town Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and will send me a copy therefrom of every entry of a Pullen birth, death or marriage, he may find; I will remit his fee bill for making copy, on receipt of same. Memphis, Tenn. Chas. L. Pullen.".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell quote "Orchid hunting is no pleasure jaunt. I remember one time when it looked as if I would have to leave behind several plants of a bulky variety because they and the machete could not be handled at the same time. The under-growth was not so dense for a foot or two above ground. I got down on hands and knees and crawled for half a mile but I brought home the orchids.".
- Charles_Wesley_Powell quote "There can scarcely be for any tropical country a record of one person who has contributed so much to the knowledge of the orchid flora. The Powell orchid garden at Balboa is one of the most interesting sights of the Canal Zone, and botanically by far the most remarkable thing to be seen there. It is something unique in tropical America, if not in the whole world.".
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