Tropical Collection

Twinflower, Linnaea borealis, Linnea boreale

Poster advertising Royal Mail Lines to the West Indies
Poster advertising a Royal Mail Lines cruise to the West Indies on the liner Atlantis

Poster advertising Elder Dempster Lines
Poster advertising the Elder Dempster Lines for services to and from West and South West Africa

Resplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, and purple-rumped sunbird, Nectarinia zeylonica

Seychelles stilt palm, Verschaffeltia splendida

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

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

Portolan chart, 1591. Map of the Pacific Ocean. It depicts the western coast of Central and South America, from Mexico to the Strait of Magellan. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting

Imperial Airways Speeding up the Empire. Flights to Europe, Africa, India, the Far East, Australia, Bermuda and New York

Poster advertising White Star to the West Indies
Poster advertising White Star cruises to the West Indies, via the Azores and the Spanish Main, on the Britannic. The cruise lasts 40 days, and costs from 70. "

Nile village, Great Pyramid, Egypt
19th century vintage photograph - village and camels along the banks for the River Nile, close to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photograph by the Zangaki studio, c.1890 s

Ladies by Sea / France / Fem
A dress and coat set designed along the same lines with interesting angular panels and button detailing designed by Chantal

Poster advertising Union Castle cruises -- East or West Coast to Europe

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, with flights between Europe, Africa, India, the Far East, Australia, the USA and Bermuda

A Cannibal Feast, Charles E Gordon Frazer
A Cannibal Feast on the island of Tanna in the New Hebrides, by Charles E Gordon Frazer (1863-1899)

Aloma by John B Hymer and LeRoy Clemens, first produced in England at the Adelphi Theatre, London, May 1926

Tropical pitcher plant, Nepenthes distillatoria, Nepenthes indica, Nepente dell Indie

Amaryllis cultivar, Mlle. Yvonne Linden, Hippeastrum yvonne. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker after an illustration by A. Goossens from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1894

Coconut palms, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies. Date: 1924

Blue and Yellow MACAWS / Blue and Gold macaws - X2 preening (Ara ararauna). Taman Burning Bali Bird Park, Bali Island, Indonesia

Tropical Bathing Beach at Lummus Park, Miami Beach, Florida
The Tropical Bathing Beach at Lummus Park, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1937

Zamia tonkinensis. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

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

Two ladies on a balcony. Art deco
Two fashionable ladies pose on a balcony in a tropical resort.Date: 1931

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

Fuchsia varieties: Fritz, Mathilde and Juliette. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Red leaf palm, Chambeyronia macrocarpa
Red leaf palm or flamethrower palm tree, Chambeyronia macrocarpa (Kentia luciani). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

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

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Purple Mangosteen - Singapore
The fruits of the purple mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) - a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia

Cooks New Zealand Tours
Cover illustration for Cooks New Zealand Tours, showing tropical flora and fauna in a landscape. Date: 1897

Tropical Popsy by David Wright

Sunbathing holidaymakers on Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Sunset Islands, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Rivo Alto Island, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Sunny Isles, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

House and garden on La Gorce Island, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Indian Creek, looking towards 41st Street Bridge, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Villa and garden on Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Entrance to Miami Beach Estate, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Sunbathers under the palm trees on Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Modern home, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Date: 1941

St Francis Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA Date: 1941

Africa - Fruit Stall, Mombasa, Kenya. Date: circa 1970s

Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Morrison Hotel, Clark and Madison Streets, Chicago, Illinois, USA - In the Heart of The Loop'. 46 stories high - home of the New Tropical Terrace Garden and the Boston Oyster House'

Pomelo or pummelo, Citrus maxima. Large grapefruit-like fruit tree native to Southeast Asia, Citrus x aurantium var decumana

Plantains, Musa x paradisiaca
Plantains growing upwards on a branch, Musa x paradisiaca

Banana fruit growing upright on the branch, Musa sapientum. Synonym of Musa -- paradisiaca

Costumes of the Sunda Islands, 1858
Costumes of the Sunda Islands, Indonesia, 1858

Archegosaurus decheni by a river in a primordial jungle
Archegosaurus decheni by a river bank in a tropical primordial jungle of ferns and pines. Archegosaurus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian, Asselian to Wuchiapingian stages of the Permian

Aphelandra aurantiaca var. nitens, native to the tropical Americas. As Aphelandra nitens, imported from Guayaquil by Veitch and Sons of Chelsea

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

Jewel plant, Bertolonia superbissima. Variety of dwarf, creeping, tender perennial, native to tropical South America. From William Bull's nursery in Chelsea

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

Delicate violet orchid, Ionopsis utricularioides

Greater yellowspike orchid, Polystachya concreta. Native to tropical Asia, America and Africa, and sent from the East Indies by plant hunter Dr Nathaniel Wallich

Banana tree, Musa -- paradisiaca, on a tropical coast. Aquatint drawn and engraved by William Daniell from William Wood's Zoography, Cadell and Davies, 1807

Betel nut palm trees growing on a Pacific ocean coast
Betel nut palm trees, Areca catechu, growing on a Pacific ocean or Asian coast

Parrot or macaw species, possibly the scarlet macaw, Ara macao. De Avibus, de Psittaco, Erythrocyanum

Vriesea psittacina. Parrot-flowered vriesia, Vriesia psittacina. Native to Brazil

Varieties of triggerfish and leatherjacket
Lagoon triggerfish or Picassofish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus 1, queen triggerfish or old wife, Balistes vetula 2, rough triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata 3, and fan-bellied leatherjacket

Dumbcane, Dieffenbachia seguine (Dieffenbachia magnifica). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1883

Bottlenose dolphins - dancing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Homalomena lindenii (Alocasia lindeni). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Alocasia devansayana (Colocasia devansayana). Chromolithograph by Francois Stroobant from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Ladys purse varieties, Calceolaria arachnoidea (Calceolaria arachnoideo-crenatiflora). Drawn and chromolithographed by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1888

Brazilian giant-rhubarb, Gunnera manicata. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Leea amabilis foliage plant (Leea amabilis var. splendens). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Flamingo flower, Anthurium splendidum. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Golden arum or calla lily, Zantedeschia elliottiana (Calla elliottiana)

Apoballis acuminatissima foliage plant (Schismatoglottis lavallei var. lansbergeana). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Alocasia longiloba foliage plant (Alocasia putzeysii). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Pipefish, trumpetfish, tropical fish and blowfish
Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, Syngnatus sphidion, trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus 2, snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus Sygnatus aequorens 3, tropical fish species 4, 5

Guava, Brazilian pawpaw, and sapodilla
Guava tree, Psidium guajava 1, Brazilian pawpaw, Annona muricata 2, and sapodilla, Manilkara zapota 3, with fruit, flower and leaf

A Tuareg with his camel - French Colonial Exhibition
A Tuareg with his camel at The Colonial Exhibition at the Garden of Tropical Agriculture at Nogent-sur-Marne, just outside Paris, France. The Tuareg people are a large Berber ethnic confederation

Tropical Birds And Their Nests

Queensland, Australia - Surfers Paradise Hotel (Tropical Gradens & Zoo) - Proprietor Jim Cavill. Buit in 1925 - name changed in 1933 to Surfers Paradise - destroyed by fire on Monday 6th July, 1936

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Salvador, the capital of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia - known for its Portuguese colonial architecture, Afro-Brazilian culture and a tropical coastline. Date: circa 1910s

Conservatories And Tropical Gardens, Avery Hill Park
A photograph of the conservatories and tropical gardens situated at Avery Hill Park. Date: circa 1931

Africa. Bombax (Eriodendrion anfractuosum)
History of Africa. 19th century. Bombax (Eriodendrion anfractuosum). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. Palm tree (Raphia vinifera)
History of Africa. 19th century. The Congo. Palm tree (Raphia vinifera). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

History of Africa. Native Bondei people of Bonde
History of Africa. 19th century. Native Bondei people of Bonde. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Papaya tree (Carica papaya). Engraving, 19 th century
History of Africa. 19th century. Papaya tree (Carica papaya). Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

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