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Showing Corysanthes heberlei
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Type: "Western Australia. Eyre District, Middleton Beach, Albany, 30 August 1986, D.L.Jones 2435 & T.D.Jones (holo CANB 679547, iso PERTH)."
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Etymology: "Named after Ronald Leslie Heberle (1913-2004), commercial fisherman, photographer and well-known West Australian orchid specialist who brought my attention to this species and many other orchids."