Orchid Collection (#9)

Spathoglottis ixioides, yellow orchid of the eastern Himalayas.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N

Sarcochilus luniferus, yellow orchid native to Burma.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N

Dendrobium gracilicaule, pale yellow orchid native of eastern Australia.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N

Lesser-flowered or greater yellow ladys slipper orchid, Cypripedium parviflorum.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Halberd-lipped odontoglossum orchid, Odontoglossum hastilabium

Mr Skinners cattleya orchid, Cattleya skinneri
Mr. Skinners cattleya orchid, Cattleya skinneri

Umbrella bulbophyllum orchid, Bulbophyllum umbellatum

Mr Warres maxillaria orchid, Warrea warreana
Mr. Warres maxillaria orchid, Warrea warreana

Large-bulbed maxillaria orchid, Maxillaria macrobulbon

Mr Loddiges swan orchid, Cycnoches loddigesii
Mr. Loddiges swan orchid, Cycnoches loddigesii

Mr Cartons mormodes orchid, Mormodes cartoni
Mr. Cartons mormodes orchid, Mormodes cartoni

Proliferous pleurothallis orchid, Pleurothallis prolifera or Acianthera prolifera.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Mrs Harrisons epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum harrisoniae
Mrs. Harrisons epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum harrisoniae.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Odontoglossum hybrid orchid with white flowers with pale purple spots, Odontoglossum denisonae.. Handcolored botanical drawn and lithographed by W.G. Smith from H.H. Dombrains Floral Magazine 1872

Spreading-flowered encyclia orchid, Encyclia patens.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Scarlet renanthera orchid, Renanthera coccinea.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Tall-stemmed oncidium orchid, Oncidium altissimum.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Large-flowered neottia, Neottia grandiflora.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Scaly xylobium orchid, Xylobium squalens.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Splendid stanhopea orchid, Stanhopea insignis.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Gongora speciosa, large yellow-flowered gongora orchid.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine 1827

Zygopetalon mackaii, spotted zygopetalum orchid with dingy yellow, green and blue flowers.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Neottia grandiflora or Sarcoglottis grandiflora, large-flowered neottia orchid from Brazil.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Maxillaria parkeri, Mr Parkers maxillaria
Maxillaria parkeri, Mr. Parkers maxillaria orchid with yellow flowers from Demerara.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Habenaria leptoceras, slender-spurred fringed orchid with pale yellow flowers.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Woodfordian bletia orchid with yellow-green flowers, Phaius flavus, Bletia woodfordii.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Beautiful lockhartia, parasitic orchid from Trinidad, Lockhartia elegans.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Sweet-scented epidendrum, Encyclia fragrans.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Lambeth, London, 1789

Fringed orchis with pale pink and white flowers, Platanthera psycodes.. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature, New York, 1859

White-barred bromelia, Bromelia zebrina, parasitic orchid from South America.. Illustration by William Herbert, engraved by Weddell

Trinidad macradenia orchid, Macradenia lutescens.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Paphinia cristata orchid.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Papilionanthe teres orchid.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Fringed epidendrum orchid, native of the Americas and West Indies, Epidendrum ciliare

Thouars cirrhopetalum orchid, Chirropetalum thouarsii.. Named for Louis du Petit-Thouars, the 18th-century French botanist

Lemon-coloured oncidium orchid, Oncidium citrinum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Hooded dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium cucullatum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Mr Lances brassia orchid, Brassia lanceana
Mr. Lances brassia orchid, Brassia lanceana.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Two-edged laelia orchid, Laelia anceps.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Nodding catasetum orchid, Catasetum cernuum.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Arachnanthe clarkei, striped orchid of the eastern Himalayas.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by E

Showy miltonia orchid, Miltonia spectabilis

Bletia purpurea orchid.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration from William Curtiss Botanical Magazine, Lambeth, London, 1789

Many-leaved liparis orchid, Liparis foliosa, with pale-greenish yellow flowers from Mauritius.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Endemic Plants - Tanzania. Africa. Kitulo Natural Park is home to 40 different species of orchids and is the largest and probably most important plateau grassland in East Africa

Lesser Butterfly-Orchid - flowering wild plant - Scots Pine forest (Platanthera bifolia ). near Ekaterinburg - Middle Ural Mountains - Russia. summer - June

Ladys - slipper Orchid - flowering wild plant - Scots Pine forest floor (Cypripedium calceolus ). near Ekaterinburg - Middle Ural Mountains - Russia. summer - June

Lady Slipper Orchid - flowering wild plant - side of an abandoned road in Scots Pine forest (Cypripedium calceolus ). near Ekaterinburg - Middle Ural Mountains - Russia. summer - June

Ladys - slipper Orchid - flowering wild - plants grows in clusters due to mostly vegetative reproduction - side of an abandoned road in Scots Pine forest (Cypripedium calceolus )

Lady Slipper - flowering wild - plants grows in clusters due to mostly vegetative reproduction - side of an abandoned road in Scots Pine forest (Cypripedium calceolus )

The China Limodoron, engraved by Landseer after Henderson, in a book entitled The Temple of Flora by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). The book was published between 1799 and 1807. Date: 1802

Sketch of Orchis maculata by Robert Brown
Sketch of an Orchidaceous suspensor, 27th July 1831, by Robert Brown, the eminent Scottish botanist

Sketch of Cypripedium reginae / spectabile by Robert Brown
A sketch by Robert Brown, the eminent botanist

Renanthera coccinea
Plate 21 from H.F. Hances `Wild Flowers of Hong Kong

Platanthera
Dried specimen of Platanthera, from the John Clayton Collection

Spiranthus speciosa, orchid
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Denrobium crumenatum, orchid
Watercolour on vellum by Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Limodorum altum, squashed orchid pollina
Unfinished Drawings, Monocotyledons 1, Orchidaceae 1, No 71 by Franz Andreas Bauer

Liparis revoluta
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum laevigatum

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

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

Renanthera coccinea, orchid
Plate 503 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Paphiopedilum sp
Plate 868 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Coelogyne fimbricata, orchid
Plate 858 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Aerangis sp
Plate 853 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Psychopsis papilio
Oncidium papilio, watercolour on card by A.H. Church (1865-1937), species now known as Psychopsis papilio. Drawing number 632

Stanhopea insignis, orchid
Watercolour from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Flower from the Orchidaceae family
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing an unknown flower of the Orchidaceae family

Dendrobium densiflora, orchid
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Dendrobium densiflora, orchid from Asia

Dactylorhiza fuchsii, common spotted orchid
Common spotted orchid on chalk mound, a project to establish british orchigs in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, May 2003

Orchis morio, green-winged orchid
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, May 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Cattleya aurantiaca (orchid) growing in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador

Orthoceras, nautiloid
Shown here is Orthoceras, a straight Ordovician nautiloid

Calochilus paludosus, R. Br
Annotated drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, Calochilus paludosus R. Br. Prodr.: 320 (1810) Irchidaceae. Br. 204. From a specimen from New South Wales, Australia

Plate 77 from British Orchids

Pterostylis nutans R. Br
Annotated drawing by Ferdinand Bauer of Pterostylis nutans, 1810, Orchidaceae

Laceolabinuin rubra, tree orchid
Plate 22 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Vanilla aromatica, vanilla
Plate 34 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Aerides iindleyanum, rock orchid
Plate 65 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Habernaria logicalearata, orchid and Lilium neilgherrense, l

Catasetum macrocarpum, monkshead orchid
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Orchideae
Plate 155 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Dendrobium speciosum, rock orchid
Illustration 48 from the Collection of Drawings by George Raper, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bletia verecunda, tropical orchid
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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