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West Indies Collection

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Old Sugar Mill, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873

Old Sugar Mill, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Manettia luteorubra

Manettia luteorubra. West Indies, Mexico, Americas. Manettia bicolor, Manettia bicolore

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Vriesea platynema

Vriesea platynema, bromeliad native to the West Indies and South America. Imported by nurseryman William Bull, King's Road, Chelsea. As Encholirion corallinum

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Winged bog orchid, Habenaria alata

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

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Dark-flowered gongora orchid, Gongora atropurpurea

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

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Love vine, Cassytha filiformis

Love vine, Cassytha filiformis
Love vine or filiform cassytha, Cassytha filiformis. Parasitic vine native to the West Indies, sent from St. Vincent Island by botanist Rev. Lansdown Guilding

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Monkey paws vine, Marcgravia umbellata

Monkey paws vine, Marcgravia umbellata
Monkey paws vine or climbing marcgravia, Marcgravia umbellata. Native to the Caribbean, specimen sent from St. Vincent Island, West Indies, by the Rev. Lansdown Guilding

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans

Fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans. Native to the Moluccas (Makuku) and the Banda islands, this specimen drawn by Rev. Lansdown Guilding on St. Vincent Island, West Indies

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans

Fragrant nutmeg, Myristica fragrans. Native to the Moluccas (Makuku) and the Banda islands, this specimen drawn by Rev. Lansdown Guilding on St. Vincent Island, West Indies

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Aechmea nudicaulis

Aechmea nudicaulis. Native to south and central America, Mexico and the West Indies, sent from Trinidad by Eduard Freiherr von Schack, Baron de Schack. Leafless-stalked bromelia, Bromelia nudicaulis

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Stelis multirostris orchid

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

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Prescottia plantaginea orchid

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

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Pigeonplum tree, Coccoloba diversifolia

Pigeonplum tree, Coccoloba diversifolia
Pigeonplum tree, tietongue tree, or various-leaved seaside grape, Coccoloba diversifolia. Native to the West Indies, and received by John Shepherd at Liverpool Botanic Institution

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, endangered

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, endangered, on a beach in front of an ocean, West Indies. Green turtle, Testudo mydas

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Rocktrumpet, Mandevilla martiana

Rocktrumpet, Mandevilla martiana. Native to South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies. Found in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro by Mr. Gardner, and raised by R. G

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Barbados lily, Hippeastrum puniceum

Barbados lily, Hippeastrum puniceum. Amaryllis equestris. Native to the West Indies, introduced by Dr. William Pitcairn in 1778

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Star of Bethlehem, Hippobroma longiflora

Star of Bethlehem, Hippobroma longiflora
Star of Bethlehem or madamfate, Hippobroma longiflora. Long-flowered lobelia, Lobelia longiflora. Native of Jamaica and the West Indies, provided by Thomas C. Palmer of Bromley, Kent

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Phymosia abutiloides

Phymosia abutiloides. Bahama mallow, Malva abutiloides. Native of the Bahama islands, specimen provided by Philip Barker Webb

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Spreading scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens

Spreading scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens. Native of St Domingo, Jamaica and the Andes, Peru, Provided by Mrs Walker of Arno's Grove, Southgate

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Bulltongue arrowhead, Sagittaria lancifolia

Bulltongue arrowhead, Sagittaria lancifolia
Bulltongue arrowhead or lance-leaved arrowhead, Sagittaria lancifolia. From the West Indies, in the James Vere collection, Kensington Gore

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus subsp. epiphyllanthus

Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus subsp. epiphyllanthus Cymitar-shaped-leaved xylophylla, Xylophylla falcata. From the West Indies, in Lee and Kennedy's Hammersmith Nursery

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Pitcairnia bifrons

Pitcairnia bifrons Broad-leaved pitcairnia, Pitcairnia latifolia. Native to Guadeloupe and St. Kitts, West Indies, in the James Vere herbarium collection, Kensington Gore

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Marine Square, Trinidad, West Indies, c. 1870 s

Marine Square, Trinidad, West Indies, c. 1870 s
Marine Square, Trinidad, West Indies, c.1870 s

Background imageWest Indies Collection: H. M. S. Challenger, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873

H. M. S. Challenger, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Negro house, St. Thomas, West Indies

Negro house, St. Thomas, West Indies
The Voyage of H.M.S

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies after a hurricane

Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies after a hurricane
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Group of seamen, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873

Group of seamen, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Cemetary, St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)

Cemetary, St. Thomas, West Indies (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S

Background imageWest Indies Collection: Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873

Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageWest Indies Collection: View of H. M. S. Challenger in Bermuda, West Indies

View of H. M. S. Challenger in Bermuda, West Indies
The Voyage of H.M.S Challenger (1872-1876)

Background imageWest Indies Collection: H. M.s Challenger at St. Thomas, West Indies

H. M.s Challenger at St. Thomas, West Indies
H.M.S Challenger was a three masted wooden ship (steam corvette) from Her Majestys navy


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