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  • A lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium Eyermanianum): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    21207i
    • Pictures
  • Seven garden plants, including two orchids and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1835
    Reference
    27463i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A tropical orchid (Coelia baueriana): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

    • Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.
    Date
    1 June 1842
    Reference
    25888i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An orchid (Cattleya Schoderae): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1900.

    Date
    1900
    Reference
    21196i
    • Pictures
  • Etymologists loose amongst the orchids / Richard Evans Schultes.

    • Schultes, Richard Evans.
    Date
    [1960]
    • Books
  • Seven plants, including two orchids, a camellia and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    Date
    1836
    Reference
    27725i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven plants, including an azalea and an orchid: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

    Date
    1833
    Reference
    27579i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven British garden plants: flowering stems and some floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1833
    Reference
    27408i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a primrose and a rhododendron: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    Date
    1837
    Reference
    27858i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An orchid (Vanda teres): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    21240i
    • Pictures
  • A tropical orchid (Trichopilia marginata): flowering plant. Coloured zincograph by L. Constans, c. 1851, after himself.

    • Constans, L., approximately 1850.
    Date
    [1850-51]
    Reference
    26347i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium drurii): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by J. N. Fitch, c. 1880, after himself.

    • Fitch, John Nugent, 1840-1927.
    Date
    [1880]
    Reference
    25910i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium Politum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

    Date
    1904
    Reference
    21209i
    • Pictures
  • An orchid (Cattleya guttata): flowers, leafy stem and petal. Coloured etching by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after Miss Drake.

    • Drake, S. A., active 1830-1840.
    Date
    [1812-48]
    Reference
    26413i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An orchid (Vanda caerulea): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    21238i
    • Pictures
  • An orchid: flowering stem in three sections. Watercolour.

    Reference
    23201i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An orchid (Phaius albus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph.

    Reference
    27215i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium insigne): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    21208i
    • Pictures
  • An orchid (Cattleya Schofieldianum): flowering stem. Watercolour.

    Reference
    21194i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    Date
    1836
    Reference
    27792i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    Date
    1836
    Reference
    27722i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and a broom: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    Date
    1836
    Reference
    27796i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • An orchid (Phalaenopsis schilleriana): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.

    • Briscoe, H.
    Date
    [1870]
    Reference
    26146i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1837
    Reference
    27537i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

    • Curtis, William, 1746-1799.
    Date
    1836
    Reference
    27506i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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