Career

Collections

 

Neve, Th.A. de

 

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

 

Born: 1881, Kota Baroe, Sumatra.

 

career:

Founder (1906) and till 1925 Manager of the rubber estate Nangah Djetah near Pontianak (W. Borneo); subsequently founder, owner and Manager of Pemarang Toedjoeh Estate near Pontianak.

Phalaenopsis denevei J.J.Sm. was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936).

 

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: 1 specimen of Rafflesia and some orchids (pres. 1916 and 1925) from W. Borneo.