Arturo Belleza Rotor, Philippine physician and writer (Manila 07 June 1907 – 09 April 1988)

Described Rotor syndrome

With L. Manahan & A. Florentin. Familial non-hemolytic jaundice with direct Van den Bergh reaction. Acta Medica Philippina 5:37-49, 1948

His brother, Gavino Belleza Rotor Jr., floriculturist (Manila 26 March 1917 – Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA 08 March 2005)

Invented mass rapid clonal propagation of plants in vivo or micropropagation

A method for vegetative propagation of Phalaenopsis nspecies and hybrids. Bull. Am. Orchid Soc.  18:738-9, 1949

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Phalaenopsis violacea var. alba “Crestwood” AM/AOS. Am. Orchid. Soc. Bull. 49:855, 1980

Colchicine as a tool in orchid hybridization. (1958)

Daylength and temperature in relation to growth and flowering of orchids. Bull. Cornell Exp. Station 885:3-47, 1952

With L.H. MacDaniels. Flower bud differentiation and development in Cattleya labiata Lindl. Am.J. Bot. 38:147-52, 1951

With J.M. Capinpin. A cytological and morphogenetic study of some pineapple varieties and their mutant and hybrid derivatives. Philipp. Agricult. 26:139-58, 1937

HONORS

Rotorara 1989 (artificial hybrid in Orchidaceae)