Images Dated 25th June 2023

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

Quill fameflower, Phemeranthus teretifolius. Slender-leaved talinum, Talinum teretifolium

Fringed saxifrage or rockfoil, Saxifraga ciliata. Raised at the Horticultural Society gardens from seeds sent from the Botanical Garden of Saharunpur. Native of northern India

Bossiaea rufa. Native to Western Australia. Raised by nurseryman Hugh Low of Clapton. Few-leaved bossiaea, Bossiaea paucifolia

Thorough-wax hibbertia, Hibbertia perfoliata. Native to the Swan River, Western Australia

Rhododendron aprilis, hybrid of R. ponticum and the evergreen Davurian rhododendron, raised by the botanist William Herbert, Dean of Manchester

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

Mr Rucker's dendrobium, Dendrobium ruckeri
Mr Rucker's dendrobium, Dendrobium ruckeri. Raised by Sigismund Rucker, Jr. Native to the Eastern Himalayas. Believed to have been sent by plant hunter Hugh Cuming from the Philippines

Molle rastrero, Schinus longifolius. Native to South America. Raised by nurseryman Hugh Low of Clapton, from seeds from Buenos Ayres. Long-leaved duvaua, Duvaua longifolia

Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, Alstroemeria chorillensis. Native to South America, supplied to the Horticultural Society by John Maclean of Lima, Peru

Lagrimas de la virgen, Eleutherine bulbosa
Lagrimas de la virgen, tears of the virgin, Eleutherine bulbosa. Native to southern Mexico and south America. Anomalous eleutherine, Eleutherine anomala

Magic flowers, Achimenes skinneri
Magic flowers, widow's tears, Cupid's bower, or hot water plant, Achimenes skinneri. Imported from Guatemala, and raised by Mr Henderson of the Pine Apple Place Nursery

Rose of heaven, Eudianthe coeli-rosa. Garthered by plant hunter Giles Munby in hills north of Algiers. Dark-eyed viscaria, Viscaria oculata, Viscaria coeli-rosa, Agrostemma coeli-rosa

Watery dendrobium, Dendrobium aqueum. Native to the south of India. From a plant that flowered at George Loddiges nursery, imported from Bombay

Portuguese squill, Scilla peruviana. Sent from Algiers to botanist William Herbert, Dean of Manchester. Dingy-flowered Peruvian squill, Scilla peruviana var. discolor

Tetranema roseum. Native to Mexico and Central America. Mexican tetranema, Tetranema mexicanum. From a plant flowering in Mr Mountjoy's nursery, Ealing

Small-leaved oleaster, Elaeagnus parvifolia
Small-leaved oleaster or silverberry, Elaeagnus parvifolia. Native to north India

Cut-leaf hibbertia, Hibbertia cuneiformis. Native to the Swan River, Western Australia. Tetrandrous candollea, Candollea tetrandra

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

Brazilian red-coat, Erythrochiton brasiliensis. From a plant that flowered at Sion, the Duke of Northumberland's seat

Mudgee wattle, Acacia spectabilis
Mudgee wattle, glory wattle, Pilliga wattle, golden wattle or showy acacia, Acacia spectabilis. Native to New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Found by Allan Cunningham

Butterfly flower, Schizanthus candidus
Butterfly flower, fringeflower, poor-man's-orchid, or white schizanthus, Schizanthus candidus. Native to Chile and Argentina, found wild by Mr Bridges near Coquimbo, Chile

Hindsia longiflora. Imported by nurseryman John Veitch of Exeter from southern Brazil. Long-flowered rondeletia, Rondeletia longiflora

Gomesa uniflora orchid. Native to South America. Imported from Brazil by Sir Charles Lemon at Carclew. One-flowered oncidium, Oncidium uniflorum

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

Purslane flower, Portulaca thellusonii variety
Purslane flower, believed to be a variety of Mr. Thelluson's purslane, Portulaca thellusonii, native to Brazil. Portulaca splendens, garden variety

Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea (Cytisus weldenii, named for General Baron Ludwig van Welden)

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

Daffodil varieties raised at Spofforth, the garden of William Herbert, Dean of Manchester. Narcissi hybrids. N. diomedes var crichtoni 1, N. ajax 2, N. spofforthiae 3, N. spofforthiae v

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

Gastrolobium dilatatum. Native to Western Australia, imported by Hugh Low's Clapham Nursery. Wedge-leaved oxylobium, Oxylobium obovatum

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

Marcetia taxifolia. Native to Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela. Loose-barked marcetia, Marcetia excoriata

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

Stemless globeflower, Trollius acaulis. Native to India and Asia, imported by the East India Company

Bull orchid, Dendrobium taurinum
Bull orchid or bull-headed dendrobium, Dendrobium taurinum. Native to the Philippines and Indonesia. Sent to nurseryman George Loddiges by plant hunter Hugh Cuming from Manila

Arbutus-like gritberry, Comarostaphylis arbutoides. Native from Mexico to Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Sent from Quezaltenango to the Horticultural Society by Karl Theodor Hartweg

Clavelillo or chivo caspi, Barnadesia caryophylla
Clavelillo, chivo caspi, or espino santo, Barnadesia caryophylla. Native to South America. Rose-coloured barnadesia, Barnadesia rosea

Dark-purple echites, Echites atropurpurea. Introduced from Brazil by nurseryman John Veitch of Exeter

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

Moltkia petraea, evergreen shrub found in Dalmatia by General Ludwig Baron von Welden. Rock bugloss, Echium petraeum

Rhododendron rollissonii. Variety of tree rhodondendron, Rhododendron arboreum, from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Raised or hybridized by nurseryman William Rollisson of Tooting

Hogvine, Merremia umbellata
Hogvine, yellow merremia or yellow wood rose, Merremia umbellata or Camonea umbellata. Used in traditional Indian medicine and ayurveda. White-cluster ipomoea, Ipomoea cymosa

Centradenia inaequilateralis. Native to Mexico and Central America. Rose-coloured centradenia, Centradenia rosea

Swan orchid, Cycnoches pentadactylon
Five-fingered swan-neck, Cycnoches pentadactylon. Native to Peru and Brazil. Plant obtained by George Loddiges nursery

Crocus minimus, native to Corsica, Sardinia and Capraia. Corsican crocus, Crocus insularis

Lusitanian bellflower, Campanula lusitanica. Native to Portugal and Spain. As Loefling's bellflower, Campanula loeflingii

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

Gastrolobium capitatum. Native to the Swan River, western Australia. Headed oxylobium, Oxylobium capitatum

Ocimum grandiflorum subsp. grandiflorum. Native to Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Two-coloured becium, Becium bicolor

Long-spiked indigo, Indigofera stachyodes. Collected in Bhotan (Bhutan) by plant hunter William Griffith and sent to the Horticultural Society

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

Philibertia gilliesii, native to South America. Sent from Buenos Ayres by James Tweedie to the Glasgow and Glasnevin Botanic Gardens. Large-flowered philibertia, Philibertia grandiflora

Japanese lily variety, Lilium x testaceum. Yellow Japan lily, Lilium testaceum. Native to Japan

Rusty pods, Hovea longifolia. Spikeletted hovea, Hovea racemulosa. Native to the Swann River colony, western Australia

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

Flat-headed catasetum orchid, Catasetum planiceps. Native to South America, imported by nurseryman George Loddiges

Swan River myrtle, Hypocalymma robustum
Swan River myrtle or larger peach myrtle, Hypocalymma robustum. Native to Western Australia

African lily, Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis
Agapanthus, blue lily or African lily, Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis. Native to Kwa-Zulu Natal and Western Cape, South Africa. Large-flowered African blue lily, Agapanthus umbellatus var

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

Van Houtte's phlox, garden variety
Van Houtte's phlox, garden variety

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

Yolk-of-egg stenomesson, Stenomesson vitellinum. Native to Lima, Peru

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