Orchid Collection (#2)

Tall white bog orchid, Platanthera dilatata
Tall white bog orchid, bog candle, fragrant white bog orchid or scentbottle, Platanthera dilatata

Large-fruited catasetum orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum
Large-fruited catasetum orchid, monkey goblet or monk's head orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum. Tridendate catasetum, Catasetum tridentatum

One-colored catasetum orchid, Catasetum purum. Native to Brazil, plants sent by Bell Edward Lloyd to Miss P. S. Falkner of Fairfield. Greenish-flowered catasetum, Catasetum semiapertum

Elliptical-leaved epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum ellipticum. Found in Brazil and Paraguay, sent from Rio de Janeiro by Captain Thomas Graham in 1824

Winged bog orchid, Habenaria alata
Winged bog orchid or wing-fruited habenaria orchid, Habenaria alata. Native to the West Indies, sent from St. Vincent Island by the Rev. Lansdown Guilding

Dark-flowered gongora orchid, Gongora atropurpurea. Trinidad and Tobago to South tropical America, sent from Trinidad by Eduard Freiherr von Schack, Baron de Schack

Frog orchid or long-bracted orchis, Dactylorhiza viridis var. virescens. Native of North America, sent from Canada by Montreal nurseryman Robert Cleghorn. Long-bracted habenaria, Habenaria bracteata

Stelis micrantha orchid. Native to Jamaica, described and figured by botanist Sir James Edward Smith. Small-flowered stetis, Stetis micrantha (sic)

Crimson cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata
Crimson cattleya or ruby-lipped cattleya orchid, Cattleya labiata. Native to South America, sent from Brazil by English ornithologist William Swainson. Splendid-flowered catleya

Large-fruited catasetum orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum
Large-fruited catasetum orchid, monkey goblet or monk's head orchid, Catasetum macrocarpum. Baron de Schack's many-flowered catasetum, Catasetum floribundum

Bulbophyllum careyanum orchid. Native of the Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar and Indo-China, and sent from Serampore by missionary botanist Dr. William Carey

Round leaved orchid, Platanthera orbiculata. Native to North America and Canada, sent from Montreal by Scottish botanist Christian Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie

Marginated habenaria orchid, Habenaria marginata. Found in the Botanic Garden at Calcutta and sent by English scholar and East India Company writer, Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Slender habenaria orchid, Habenaria gracilis. Sent from Sylhet (Bangladesh) by English scholar and East India Company writer, Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Rodriguezia lanceolata orchid. Native to the Caribbean, Central and South America, sent from Trinidad by Eduard Freiherr von Schack, Baron de Schack

Sword-leaved ornithocephalus orchid, Ornithocephalus gladiatus. Native from Grenada, Trinidad, the Guianas, Venezuela, Ecuador, to Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Falcate trizeuxis orchid, Trizeuxis falcata

Dendrolirium lasiopetalum orchid
Dendrolirium lasiopetalum or Eria lasiopetala orchid. Native to India, sent from Calcutta by plant hunter Dr. Nathaniel Wallich to Liverpool Botanic Garden in 1820

Stelis multirostris orchid. Introduced from the West Indies by nurseryman George Loddiges. Racemed pleurothallis, Pleurothallis racemiflora

Bifrenaria harrisoniae orchid. Native to Brazil, introduced by orchid collector Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison of Aegsburgh, Liverpool, who received it from her brother in Rio de Janeiro

Liparis nervosa orchid. Native to the tropics of Asia, Africa and America. Specimen sent from Nepal by botanist and missionary Dr William Carey to John Shepherd at the Liverpool Botanic Garden

Sudamerlycaste barringtoniae orchid. Native to Jamaica, flowered in Mrs Jane Barrington's garden at Mongewell in 1791

Prescottia plantaginea orchid. Native to the West Indies and Latin America, sent from Rio de Janeiro by English botanist John Forbes in 1822. Plantain-leaved prescotia, Prescotia plantaginea

Swaddled babies orchid, Anguloa uniflora
Swaddled babies orchid, carpales or one-flowered anguloa, Anguloa uniflora. Sent by Linden from Colombia, raised and flowered by Mr Barker of Birmingham. Found in Muna, Chincao and Tarma in Peru

Encyclia adenocaula orchid
Encyclia adenocaula epiphytic orchid. Imported from Mexico by nurseryman George Loddiges. Warted epidendrum, Epidendrum verrucosum

Flat-stemmed dendrobium, Dendrobium compressum
Flat-stemmed dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium compressum. Native to Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Borneo, Java and Sumatra

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

Appendage orchid, Prosthechea radiata. Plant sent by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg from Mexico and flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society

Aerides odorata orchid, endangered. Native to Southeast Asia and China. Imported from Java and flowered at George Loddiges nursery. Green-leaved air plant, Aerides virens

Oncidium laeve orchid
Oncidium laeve epiphytic orchid. Native to Mexico and Central America. Found by George Ure Skinner and Karl Theodor Hartweg in Guatemala. Flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society

Prosthechea pterocarpa orchid. Native to Mexico, raised by nurseryman George Loddiges in London. Wing-fruited epidendrum, Epidendrum pterocarpum

Pinalia bractescens orchid. Native of India and southeast Asia. Found by plant hunter Hugh Cuming in Singapore and by botanist William Griffith near Moulmain in Burma

Laelia marginata orchid. Sent by explorer Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk to Mrs Marryat from Suriname. Crisp-flowered schomburgkia, Schomburgkia crispa

Pinalia floribunda orchid. Found in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, imported from Singapore by nurseryman George Loddiges. Many-flowered eria, Eria floribunda

Large-flowered bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum macranthum
Large-flowered bulbophyllum orchid, Bulbophyllum macranthum. Imported from Singapore by nurseryman George Loddiges

Dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila
Bordered dwarf cattleya or dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila. Imported from Brazil and raised by nurseryman George Loddiges

Diaphananthe pellucida orchid. Transparent angrec, Angraecum pellucidum. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, imported from Sierra Leone by nurseryman George Loddiges

Gomesa bicolor orchid. Native to the Spanish Main (Caribbean region), imported by nurseryman George Loddiges. Two-coloured oncidium, Oncidium bicolor

Mormodes aromatica orchid. Native from Mexico to Honduras. Aromatic mormodes, Mormodes aromaticum

Bulbophyllum auratum orchid. A native of Manila, imported by George Loddiges. Gold-edged cirrhopetalum, Cirrhopetalum auratum

Bulbophyllum chinense orchid, a species of orchid with pale fawn flowers from China. Chinese cirrhopetalum, Cirrhopetalum chinense

Stanhopea martiana orchid. Native of Mexico, discovered by Baron Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski in 1827. Two-coloured Von Martius stanhopea, Stanhopea martiana var. bicolor

Early blooming renanthera orchid, Renanthera matutina
Early blooming renanthera or morning renanthera orchid, Renanthera matutina. Native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Sent by Hugh Cuming from Manila and flowered at Chatsworth

Pink-flowered clowesia orchid, Clowesia rosea. Native to Mexico, central and south America. Imported from Brazil and raised by Reverend John Clowes at Broughton Hall

Cucumber orchid, Dendrobium cucumerinum
Cucumber orchid or gherkin orchid, cucumber dendrobium, Dendrobium cucumerinum. Epiphytic orchid native to eastern Australia, sent by William MacLeay to George Loddiges nursery

Lycaste macrophylla orchid. Native to central and south America, imported from Bolivia by nurseryman George Loddiges. Even-flowered lycaste, Lycaste plana

Mormodes luxata orchid. Native to southwestern Mexico, aromatic flowers. Dislocated mormodes, Mormodes luxatum

Trichocentrum microchilum orchid. Native from Mexico to El Salvador. Introduced to England by George Ure Skinner from Guatemala. Small-lipped oncidium, Oncidium microchilum

Acineta superba orchid
Acineta superba, epiphytic orchid found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Humboldt's peristeria, Peristeria humboldti or Anguloa superba

Jian dao chun shi hu orchid, Dendrobium rhombeum
Rhomb-lipped dendrobium orchid or jian dao chun shi hu, Dendrobium rhombeum (Dendrobium heterocarpum). Native to China, Nepal, Bhutan and India

Trichocentrum bicallosum orchid. Two-warted oncidium, Oncidium bicallosum. Native to Mexico and Central America

Blood-stained dendrobium. Dendrobium sanguinolentum
Blood-stained dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium sanguinolentum. Native to southeast Asia. Sent by Mr. Nightingale from Ceylon to the Duke of Northumberland

Cuitlauzina pendula orchid. Lemon-scented odontoglossum, Odontoglossum citrosmum. Native to Mexico

Large-fruited catasetum, Catasetum macrocarpum. Trinidad catasetum, Catasetum tridentatum. Native of Trinidad, Caribbean and South America, drawn at Mr William Anderson's Chelsea Botanic Gardens

Yellow fringed orchid, Platanthera ciliaris. Fringed orchis, Orchis ciliaris

Satyrium bicorne orchid. Two-horned orchis, Orchis bicornis. From the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, by Scottish plant hunter Francis Masson, in the collection of botanist Thomas Evans, Stepney

Stenorrhynchos speciosum orchid. Flesh-coloured neottia, Neottia speciosa

Purple-stained laelia orchid, Cattleya purpurata (Laelia purpurata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B

Flor de Mayo or Christmas orchid, Cattleya trianae

Coelogyne cristata orchid

Lepanthes calodictyon orchid (Lepanthes calodyction). Colombia and Ecuador

Georges Carpentier
A side profile portrait painting of French boxer, Georges Carpentier, 1894-1975, holding a total of 89 wins, his nickname was Orchid Man

Different varieties of carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus

India-rubber plant, Ficus elastica. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Ladys slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum insigne (Cypripedium insigne)

Aerides lawrenceae orchid. Endangered. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Vanda tricolor orchid. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Easter orchid, Cattleya mossiae
Moss Cattleya orchid or easter orchid, Cattleya mossiae

Oncidium alexandrae orchid, Odontoglossum crispum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Lycaste virginalis orchid (Lycaste skinneri). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Shi hu shu orchid, Dendrobium farmeri var. aureoflavum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata, Dracula chimaera
Orchids: Masdevallia coccinea, Trisetella gemmata and Dracula chimaera. Chromolithograph from an illustration by B

Cook pine, Araucaria columnaris. (Norfolk Island pine, Araucaria excelsa)

Japanese flower arrangement with orchid
Japanese flower arrangement with lords and ladies, Arum maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Tolumnia guttata orchid. Epidendrum guttatum, Cymbidium guttatum, Epidendro macchiato

Red root, Wachendorfia thyrsiflora, native to South Africa

Wan dai-fu orchid, Cymbidium sinense. Epidendrum sinense, Epidendro Chinese

Species of mole crabs or sand crabs. Hippa adactyla 1, Emerita emeritus 2, Albunea symmysta 3. Remipede testuggine, Ippa emerito, Albunea sinnista

Broad-leaved helleborine orchid, Epipactis helleborine

Extinct foam oysters or devils toenails, Gyphaea species
Extinct foam oysters or devils toenails, Gryphaea arcuata 1, 2, Gryphaea ed orbicole silicee, Gryphaea columba

Anacamptis morio subsp. longicornu (Long flat-spurred orchis, Orchis longicornu)

Showy ladys slipper orchid, Cypripedium reginae (Cypripedium spectabile)

Yellow-flowered ophrys, Ophrys lutea

Birds nest orchid, Neottia nidus-avis (Birds nest ophrys, Ophrys nidus-avis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

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