Having spent many years in Borneo as manager of the Borneo company, it occurred to Helms to write a book entitled PIONEERING IN THE FAR EAST. He gives a quote from the PALL MALL GAZETTE review of the book, which comments on Helms' lack of scientific knowledge, leading him to state that the Rhododendron is an orchid [see folio 165/29 - 31]. In Borneo it was the common belief that this beautiful air plant was a Rhododendron. Helms proceeds to quote from Hugh Low's book on Sarawak, which describes the peculiar Rhododendrons which are epiphytal upon trees, as some orchids are. Low surmises that this habit may have come about from the excessive moisture of the climate and also prevails in the genera Fagraea and Combretum. Low notes that the Rhododendron roots, rather than being small and fibrous as in cold climates, are large and fleshy. Hooker's authority would decide the question as to whether Low is right. Page 1 of 3.