RicketsOF

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Rickets, O.F.

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: c. 1867, England.

career:

Civil servant in Sarawak, NW. Borneo; for many years Resident at Kuching, in 1938 still living there. He was very interested in plants, and collected many species for his garden in Borneo.¹ As early as 1882 he climbed Mt Penrissen!

collections:

Hort. Sing.: living plants from Sarawak (pres. 1918, 1938). According to Mr Holltum his name appears on a few specimens in Herb. Sing. [SING] taken from living plants; he made no dried collections himself.

literature:

(1) Author of ‘Orchids of Sarawak’ (Orch. Review 1936, p. 77-83).

	Career Collections Literature
	Rickets, O.F.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: c. 1867, England.
	career: Civil servant in Sarawak, NW. Borneo; for many years Resident at Kuching, in 1938 still living there. He was very interested in plants, and collected many species for his garden in Borneo.¹ As early as 1882 he climbed Mt Penrissen!
	collections: Hort. Sing.: living plants from Sarawak (pres. 1918, 1938). According to Mr Holltum his name appears on a few specimens in Herb. Sing. [SING] taken from living plants; he made no dried collections himself.
	literature: (1) Author of ‘Orchids of Sarawak’ (Orch. Review 1936, p. 77-83).