Orchid Collection

Stanhopea martiana orchid. Native to Mexico

Tenebrosa variety of Vanda tricolor hybrid orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1903

Cypripedium reginae, ladys slipper orchid. Also known as pi
Although the current name of this orchid is Cypripedium reginae, the name on the original plate reads Cypripedium spectabile, which may have been the name accepted at the time

Tropical plant and orchid house
Cross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house

Jaspideum variety of Dendrobium nobile orchid.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne and chromolithographed by P. de Pannemaeker from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1902

Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys slipper orchid
Watercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Angraecum sesquipedale, Madagascan orchid
This species of orchid was used by Darwin to prove his theories of evolution. Illustration from The British Museum (Natural History) by Peter Whitehead and Colin Keates, 1981

Cattleya Trianae Mrs Phillips, also known as Flor de Mayo (May Flower) or Christmas Orchid (Orchidaceae family), with pink, purple and yellow colouring

Cypripedium candidum, small white lady s-slipper
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Paphiopedilum venustum orchid (Cypripedium venustum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, London, 1821

Bearded ladies slipper orchid, Cypripedium barbatum

Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys Slipper Orchid
Originally published in: Paxtons magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. Published in London. December 1836. Natural History Museums Botany Library. Plate Collection number 169

Cypripedium Cardinale
LADYs SLIPPER ORCHID one of several species

Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor. Native to Mexico, Central America, and Southern America

Goose barnacles, Alepas species 1, 2, Pentalepas laevis 3, Pollicipes 4, and goose neck barnacle, Pollicipes pollicipes 4, 5, extinct Litholepas 6

Tiger-like stanhopea orchid, Stanhopea tigrina

Downy rattlesnake plantain orchid, Goodyera pubescens

Charming dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium pulchellum (Lady Dalhousies dendrobium, Dendrobium dalhousieanum)

Three-toothed lepanthes orchid, Lepanthes tridentata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Epidendrum elongatum, orchid
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum secundrum

Cattleya skinneri, English orchid
Plate 13 from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Paphiopedilum philippinense orchid (Cypripedium laevigatum)

Three-winged coelia orchid, Coelia triptera (Mr. Bauers coelia, Coelia bauerana)

Mr Zaleskis cymbidium orchid, Cymbidium zaleskianum L Lind
Mr. Zaleskis cymbidium orchid, Cymbidium zaleskianum L. Lind.. Illustration drawn by C. de Bruyne from Lucien Lindens Lindenia, Iconography of Orchids, Brussels, 1902

Vanilla planifolia, vanilla
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Engraved by John Nugent Fitch

Plants / Ophrys Apifera
BEE ORCHID

Bird s-nest orchid, Neottia nidus-avis. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Bertolonis bee orchid, Ophrys bertolonii. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Paphiopedilum haynaldianum orchid (Cypripedium haynaldianum)

Short haired paphiopedilum orchid, Paphiopedilum ciliolare (Cypripedium ciliolare). Endangered. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Java paphiopedilum orchid, Paphiopedilum javanicum (Cypripedium javanicum)

Paphiopedilum stonei orchid (Cypripedium stonei)

Lady s-slipper orchid, Cypripedium calceolus

Paphiopedilum dayanum orchid (Cypripedium dayanum)

Bicton rhynchostylis orchid, Rhynchostele bictoniensis (Odontoglossum bictoniense)

Esmeralda cathcartii orchid (Vanda cathcarti)

Paphiopedilum insigne orchid (Remarkable cypripedium, Cypripedium insigne). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house
Mr Chamberlains favourite hobby: Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house at Highbury, with his head orchid gardener, 1903 1903

Spotted coryanthes orchid, Coryanthes maculata.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchid
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996

Cymbidium aloifolium, orchid
Plate 869 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Arthur Bourchier / Vf 1896
Black tailcoat & trousers, white waistcoat with roll collar & cut low revealing an expanse of shirt front, stand collar & white tie, gold watch chain & orchid buttonhole

Vanilla orchid and bean, Epidendron vanilla
Vanilla orchid, bean, flower, leaves, Epidendron vanilla, Vanilla planifolia. Handcolored copperplate engraving by J

Caularthron bicornutum orchid. Native to Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia. Received from Trinidad by Messrs. Shepherd of Liverpool

Papilionanthe teres orchid. Native to southeast Asia, Yunnan to the Himalayas, discovered in Sylhet (Bangladesh) by botanist Nathaniel Wallich, superintendent of Calcutta Botanic Garden

Thunia alba orchid. Native to southeast Asia, imported from Silhet by plant collectors for the Duke of Devonshire. White-flowered phajus, Phajus albus

Dense-flowered dendrobium, Dendrobium densiflorum
Dense-flowered dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium densiflorum. Native to Asia, found in the Khoseca hills, East Indies, by John Gibson, plant collector to the Duke of Devonshire

Cattleya crispa orchid
Curled petalled cattleya orchid, Cattleya crispa. Native of Brazil, sent from Rio de Janeiro by British army officer Captain Sir Henry Chamberlain in 1826

Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum, Zygopetalum maxillare
Tooth-like flowered zygopetalum orchid, Zygopetalum maxillare. Native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, sent by F. Warre from Rio de Janeiro to nurseryman George Loddiges in Hackney

Harrison's cattleya orchid, Cattleya harrisoniana. Named for orchid collector Mrs Arnold Harrison of Aigburth, Liverpool. Mrs Harrison's cattleya, Cattleya harrisoniae

Lance's trichocentrum, Trichocentrum lanceanum
Lance's trichocentrum orchid, Trichocentrum lanceanum. Native to South America and the Caribbean, introduced from Suriname by British judge John Henry Lance

Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata
Crimson cattleya, ruby-lipped cattleya or crimson-lipped cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata. Imported from Brazil by English ornithologist and artist William Swainson in 1818

Renanthera coccinea orchid. Chinese scarlet-flowered air plant, Renanthera coccinea. Native from China to Indochina, found growing on trees in the woods in Cochin China

Eulophia speciosa orchid. Native to Africa, introduced from the Cape of Good Hope by nurseryman William Griffin of South Lambeth. Mr. Griffin's showy lissochilus, Lissochilus speciosus

Intermediate cattleya orchid, Cattleya intermedia. Native to Brazil, brought from Mr. Harris of Rio de Janeiro by Captain Graham in 1824

Atlantic bluefin tuna and belitia orchid
Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus (Scomber thynnus), orchid, Bletia florida (Thiebautia nervosa) and crab spider, Thomisidae species. Thiebautie, Thomises, Thon

Trichopilia marginata orchid, native to Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Imported by Veitch and Sons nursery. As Trichopilia lepida

Pescatoria cerina orchid, native to Costa Rica and NW Colombia. Imported by William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea

Miltoniopsis roezlii orchid, native to Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama. Imported by nurseryman William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. As Odontoglossum roezlii

Little flag orchid, Masdevallia coccinea. As Masdevallia denisonii, exhibited by the orchid enthusiast William Denison, Lord Londesborough

Flag-like Miltoniopsis orchid, Miltoniopsis vexillaria, native to Colombia and Ecuador. As Odontoglossum vexillarium, from a specimen raised by Veitch and Sons nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Cattleya harpophylla orchid. As Laelia harpophylla, native of Brazil, exhibited by Veitch and Sons of Chelsea as Laelia cinnabarina

Scorpion orchid, Arachnis cathcartii. Native of Eastern Himalaya. As Vanda cathcartii from a specimen in Veitch and Sons nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. Cathcart's Arachnanthe

Christmas orchid, Cattleya trianae
Flor de Mayo or Christmas orchid, Cattleya trianae. Native of New Grenada. As Cattleya Trianae-Dodgsonii, from the collection of R.B. Dodgson of Blackburn

Lady's slipper orchid species, Paphiopedilum venustum. Imported from the East Indies by William Bull. As Cypripedium pardinum

Dendrobium falconeri, or the chuan zhu shi hu orchid
Dendrobium falconeri, or chuan zhu shi hu orchid, native to southern China, Taiwan, Bhutan, India and Indochina. Drawing of a plant raised by Sir W. Marriott of Down House, Blandford

Paphiopedilum argus orchid, native to Luzon island, the Philippines. Introduced by James Veitch and Sons nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. As Cypripedium argus

Phalaenopsis veitchii orchid. Natural hybrid of Phalaenopsis equestris (P. rosea) and Phalaenopsis equestris, raised by James Veitch and Sons Royal Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Dendrobium wardianum var. lowii orchid. Sold by James Veitch and Sons Royal Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea

Oncidium tripudians orchid, native to Colombia. As Odontoglossum tripudians

Ainsworth's Dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium x ainsworthii. Hybrid of Dendrobium heterocarpum x Dendrobium nobile raised by Mr Mitchell, Dr. Ainsworth's gardener at Broughton, Manchester

Cattleya orchid hybrid, Cattleya x fausta. Cross of C. loddigesii and C. exoniensis. Sold by James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea

Paphiopedilum orchid hybrid. Cypripedium new hybrid. Cross of Paphiopedilum barbatum (C. barbatum) x Paphiopedilum stonei (C. stonei). Raised by Mr Seden of James Veitch and Sons, Chelsea

Phalaenopsis -- leucorrhoda orchid, natural hybrid of P. aphrodite and P. schilleriana, native to the Philippines. Imported by William Bull of Chelsea. As Phalaenopsis leucorrhoda

White Miltoniopsis orchid, Miltoniopsis roezlii, native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama. Named for orchid collector Benedikt Roezl, imported by William Bull of Chelsea

Rhynchostele madrensis orchid, native to Oaxaca, Mexico. Received by James Herbert Veitch and Sons from orchid collector Benedikt Roezl in Mexico. As Odontoglossum maxillare

Dracula nycterina orchid, native to Colombia. Flowered by William Bull at his Chelsea nursery. As Masdevallia chimaera, discovered by orchid collector Benedikt Roezl

Dracula nycterina orchid in pot, native to Colombia. Introduced to Europe by Linden from New Granada. As Masdevallia nycterina

Pescatoria lalindei orchid, native to Costa Rica, Panama and South America. As Bollea patini, named for plant collector Mr. C. Patin who found it in New Granada in 1873

Warscewicz's Cattley's orchid, Cattleya warscewiczii. Sketched from a plant in Lord Londesborough'ts collection at Norbiton

Miltonia moreliana orchid, native to Brazil. Sketched from a plant in Lord Londesborough's collection at Norbiton. As Miltonia morelliana atro-rubens

Phragmipedium longifolium var. longifolium, orchid native to Costa Rica and Ecuador. Discovered by Benedikt Roezl on the banks of the river Dagua, Columbia. Raised by Messrs

Very graceful dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium gratiosissimum. As Dendrobium boxallii. Originally named for plant hunter William Boxall of Low and Co. Nursery of Clapton

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