Images Dated 12th July 2023

Small maxillaria, Maxillaria parvula

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

Bauer's grevillea, Grevillea baueri
Bauer's grevillea, Grevillea baueri

Brachyscome diversifolia. Native to Australia, seeds sent by Scottish botanist Charles Fraser, Colonial Botanist of New South Wales, flowered at Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1825

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

Schaueria calytricha. Native to Brazil, sent by Carl Friedrich Otto from Berlin Botanic Garden. Yellow-flowered justicia, Justicia calytricha

Bird's nest anthurium, Anthurium coriaceum
Bird's nest anthurium, Anthurium coriaceum. Native to Brazil, plant brought by Captain Robert Graham of H. M. Packet-Service from Rio de Janeiro in 1824. Coriaceous pothos, Pothos coriaceus

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

Rhynchosia malacophylla. Collected in Zanzibar by German botanist Charles Theodore Hilsenberg and Czech botanist Wenceslas Bojer, sent by Irish naturalist Charles Telfair from Mauritius

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

Forest bitterberry or African eggplant, Solanum anguivi
Forest bitterberry, African eggplant or Madagascar potato, Solanum anguivi

Sneezeweed, Helenium aromaticum. Seeds brought from Quintero, Chile, by British travel author Maria Graham, Lady Callcott, in 1824. South American chamomile, Graemia aromatica

Mundulea barclayi. Native of Madagascar, found by German botanist Charles Theodore Hilsenberg and Czech botanist Wenceslas Bojer, sent by Irish naturalist Charles Telfair from Mauritius. Mr

Green arrow arum, Peltandra virginica
Green arrow arum or tuckahoe, Peltandra virginica. Native to North America, sent by English botanist John Bradbury, flowered at Liverpool Botanic Garden in 1825

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

Black-eyed susan vine, Thunbergia alata
Black-eyed susan vine, or wing-petioled thunbergia, Thunbergia alata

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

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

Empress Eugenie of France (wife of Napoleon III), probably 1860s Date: circa 1860s

Lucy the Elephant, Atlantic City, USA, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Egyptian statues, Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London , 1851 Date: 1851

Savanna blazing star, Liatris scariosa. Native of north America, introduced by Scottish plant collector Thomas Drummond to Glasgow Botanic Garden. Northern liatris, Liatris borealis

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

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