DeaC ----- maybe plausible!! I've been stumped over the 'mystery' of Helen Brown. The detective work is still ongoing here hehe.
S.F. ------ the 19th century guess is possible too! So far - my previous guesses have been :
Some botanist from the past named Robert Brown ---- a fairly long time ago, who's mother's name happened to be Helen Brown ..... but google also says 'nee Taylor'.
And then some orchid community people mentions a name of Joanne Brown, who was probably well known in orchid circles before. So I wonder if she might be linked to somebody named Helen Brown heheh.
Or other possibilities, such as somebody named Helen Brown that was a worker (or otherwise) at the orchid company (not existing today though) called 'Stewart Orchids' --- aka Fred A. Stewart Inc.
Sort of unfortunate how the orchid cross is Memoria Helen Brown ....... but information about the name seems to be out of reach, or maybe even lost these days. But that's ok. Maybe some information may surface in the future!
Last edited by SouthPark; 06-11-2021 at 02:50 AM..
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