Charles Wesley Powell
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Charles Wesley Powell
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Charles Wesley Powell 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: y
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American horticulturist (1854–1927)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wesley_Powell
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2014-09-12T04:30:42Z
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2024-09-12T22:25:56Z
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