John Rogers (naturalist)
John Rogers (1807–1867) was an English barrister, known as a naturalist particularly interested in orchids, and gardener. Early life He was the son of John Rogers of London, and was often called John Rogers, Jun. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1826, graduating B.A. in 1830 M.A. in 1833. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1836. He was from a wealthy family background, and an only son, and was able to lead a gentlemanly life. Career Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 December 1839. He resided at Riverhill House near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he bought the estate in 1840. It was in that year that his father, John Rogers "of Upper Tooting", died. Rogers was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and supported plant hunting. He raised plants such as Bessera elegans. Among plants collected in the Real del Monte area of Mexico was one sent to Rogers, and initially named Hydrotaenia meleagris. An account of it was published by John Lindley in 1838, in Edwards's Botanical Register. Masdevallia floribunda was in Rogers's collection by 1843. Charles Darwin referenced a Myanthus collected for Rogers in Demerara, in an