Henry Frederick Conrad Sander

Henry Frederick Conrad Sander, mostly Frederick Sander, baptized as Henry Frederick Conrad Sander ( born March 4, 1847 in Bremen, † December 23, 1920 in Bruges, Belgium ) was a German - English gardener. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Sander ".

Life

Sander went in 1867 to England. He founded important nurseries among other things in Bruges, Belgium, and in St Albans (England). Sander worked as an orchid grower; He introduced many new plant species that he received from own plant collectors like William Micholitz. From 1888 to 1895 he was editor of the magazine Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described. The plant genus × Sanderara was named after him.