> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 30](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333131) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8884-1) LSID 8884-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67113) QID Q67113 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sander, \[Henry\] Frederick \[Conrad\] \[baptized Heinrich Friedrich Conrad\] (1847-1920), German (Bremen) horticulturist and orchidologist; to England 1865, working in nurseries at Forest Hill; independent seedsman from 1874, associated with B. Roezl; at St. Albans 1881, established an orchid nusery at Summit, New Jersey (sold 1896) and one at St. André, Bruges, Belgium 1894; outstanding grower, hybridizer and introducer of orchids. **Abbreviated name**: *Sander* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sander*\] #### Herbarium and types Culivated orchids (1881-1899) from "Sander & Co." at [[Collection K|K]]. – Letters at [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 207; BM 4: 1800; Desmond p. 541 (b. 1847, d. 23 Dec 1920); GF p. 75; Hortus 3: 1196, 1203; Lenley p. 440; NI 1722; Zander ed. 10, p. 672, 710, ed. 11, p. 810-811 (b. 4 Mar 1847). #### Biofile - Anon., Hort. Trade J. 29 Dec 1920, \[1\] p. (obit.); J. Hort. Cottage Gard. 22: 449, 551. 1891 (obit.); Orch. Rev. 29: 45-50. 1921 (obit., portr.). - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.313. 1980. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 133: 54-55. 1921 (obit.). - Montefusco, M., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 1981 (Mai): 541-546. (... Reichenbachia, a Victorian masterpiece). - Reinikka, M.A., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 34: 329. 1965 (on H.G. Moon, the artist of Reichenbachia); A history of the orchid 1972, 260-263 (portr., biogr. sketch). - Stearn, W.T., Royal Hort. soc. Exhib. manuscr. books 49. 1954 (Reichenbachia). - Swinson, A., Frederick Sander, the Orchid king, London 1970, 252 p. (biogr.), see also Orch. Rev. 78: 129, 159-160, 298-304. 1970. - Watson, W., Gard. Chron. 1921(1): 12 (obit., portr.); Bull. misc. Inf. Kew 1921: 33. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 97. 1903, 3(3): 82. 1905. #### Note Charles Fearnley Sander (1874-1957) and Frederick K. Sander (1876-1951) were associated with their father in "Sander and Sons". C.F. Sander was largely responsible for the Bruges establishment 1920-1934; F.K. Sander was director of "Messrs Sander's Orchid nurseries, St. Albans" 1946. He published the first post-W.W.II *Complete List of Orchid hybrids*, 1946 (see Desmond p. 541). – H.F.C. Sander's wife, Eliza Sander, is recognized in *Nicotiana sanderae* Hort. Sand. #### Eponymy *Sanderella* O. Kuntze (1891). ### Publications ##### n.10.219. Reichenbachia **Title** *Reichenbachia*. Orchids illustrated and described by F. Sander with the assistance of scientific authority. St. Albans (F. Sander & Co.,...) London, Berlin, Paris, New York \[1886\] 1887-1890, 2 vols. Broadsheet. **Notes** *Publ*.: in 48 parts of 4 pl. Mai 1886-Jan 1891, second series Feb 1891-Mar 1895. *Copies*: BR, MO, NY (imperial ed.), U (imperial ed.). *Series 1, 1*: \[i-ix\], \[1\]-110, *pl. 1-48* (colour-printed liths. by H.G. Moon, some by W.H. Fitch and A.H. Lock. *2*: \[i-vii\], \[1\]-106, *pl. 49-96* (id.). *Series 2, 1*: \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-iii (obit. Reichenbach), \[1\]-104, *pl. 1-48* (id.). *2*: \[i-viii\], \[1\]-114, *pl. 49-96.* *Note*: the "imperial edition" has the text bound separately and the plates in boxes. *Ref*.: Baker, R.W., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 9: 317-320. 1941. - Montefusco, M., Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 1981 (Mai): 541-546. ##### n.10.220. Sander's orchid guide **Title** *Sander's orchid guide*, containing all the best known species, varieties, and hybrids of orchids in cultivation. Their native countries, descriptions, seasons of flowering, best methods of cultivation, temperatures, etc. Together with the names and parentages of all the known hybrid orchids up to date, January 1st, 1901. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans \[1901\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Sander's Orch. guide*. **Notes** *Ed*.\[*1*\]: 1901 (date on cover), p. \[1\]-330, \[331, corr.\]. *Copies*: DBN, HH, LC, LD, NY. *Ed*. \[*2*\]: 1903 (addenda 1901-1903 on p. 331-359; mentioned by Bot. Centralbl. as a new edition, St. Albans 1903, 330 and 80 \[sic\] p.), p. \[1\]-359, \[361, 363 err.\]. *Copies*: BR, DBN, HH, ILL, MO(2), NSW. – Contains the text of the first edition, additions to this text on p. 331-359; corrections to this latter part on p. \[361\] and corrections to ed. 1 on p. \[363\]. *Reissue*: 1904, p. \[1\]-359, \[360-363\]. *Copies*: MO, NY. *Reissue* (partial): Mai 1906 (Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1906), p. \[1\]-256, \[1, corr.\]. *Copies*: BR, DBN, HH, NY, USDA. – A reissue of ed. 1 without the supplements which are now published separately as *Orchid hybrids*. *Revised ed*.: 1927 (t.p.), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-451, frontisp. portr., H.F.C. Sander. *Copies*: DBN, USDA. – "Revised (1927) edition... printed in Belgium" St. Albans (Sanders). – Issued by C.F., F.K. and L.C. Sanders. ##### n.10.221. Orchid hybrids **Title** *Orchid hybrids*. Sander's complete up-to-date list, containing the names and parentages of all the known hybrid orchids, whether introduced or artificially raised. Arranged in tabular, alphabetical form, so that all hybrids, derived from each species or hybrid, may be ascertained at a glance. Concise, reliable, and indispensable to the amateur, the expert, and anyone who wishes to know all about the whole of the hybrid orchids known to exist. Price 7/6. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. All rights, reserved \[1906\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Orch. hybr.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1906 (Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1906), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-125. *Copy*: BR. *Other issue*: 1913 (?; undated copy BR rd 18 Jun 1913), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-123, \[125, err.\]. *Copies*: BR, USDA. – "price 12/6". *New ed*.: 1915 (p. vii: 27 Jul 1915), p. \[i-viii\], 1-158. *Copy*: USDA. – "price 21/-". *Ed. 3*: 1921 (preface Jan 1921; ÖbZ Nov-Dec 1921; Nat. Nov. Dec 1921), p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-225. *Copy*: USDA. – "price 45/-". *Ed. 3*: *second volume 1921-1930*: 1931 (pref. Jan 1931), p. \[i-viii\], \[227\]-373. *Copy*: USDA. – "price, post free, 1 IIs. 6d". *Addenda to Sanders*' \[sic\] *list of Orchid hybrids 1915-1916*. Sanders, St. Albans, 1917 (p. 2: 31 Jan 1917), p. \[1\]-36. *Copy*: USDA. *Addenda to Sanders* \[sic\] *list of Orchid hybrids to September 1921*, s.l.n.d., p. \[1\]-18, printed at Antwerpen (Chs. Geo. Kohler...). *Copy*: USDA. *Addenda to Sanders*' \[sic\] *list of Orchid hybrids 1921-1922-1923*. Printed in Belgium, Antwerpen (Chs. Geo. Kohler...) s.d., p. \[i-iii\], 226-281. Pagination continued from that of *Orch. hybr.* ed. 3, vol. 1, 1921. *Copy*: USDA. *Second addenda to Sanders*' \[sic\] *list of Orchid hybrids 1924-1925-1926*. Printed in Belgium. Antwerpen (by Chs. Geo. Kohler...) s.d., p. \[1\]-51. *Copy*: USDA. *Note*: the publication of Sander's list of Orchid hybrids was continued after ed. 3. Our material is, however, too incomplete to be listed here.