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Phalaenopsis lobbii is a species of orchid found from the
eastern HimalayaEastern Himalaya is situated between Central Nepal in the west to Myanmar in the east, occupying southeast Tibet in China, Sikkim, North Bengal, Bhutan and North-East India. The area has been declared a biodiversity hotspot by Conservation International....
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IndochinaThe Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...
.It is named in honour of Cornish plant hunter
Thomas LobbThomas Lobb was a British botanist and, along with his older brother, William Lobb, collected plants for the plant nursery Veitch....
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