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Dendrobium

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Orchidaceae

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Images from the collections

Images about Dendrobium

11 images from works
  • Eight plants, including five orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Seven plants, including an orchid and a currant: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A tropical orchid (Dendrobium fimbriatum var. Oculatum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1860, after J. Vandamme.
  • An orchid (Dendrobium thyrsiflorum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1899.
  • An orchid (Dendrobium fimbriatum var. Oculatum): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.
  • Seven plants, including three orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • An orchid (Dendrobium Dalhausianum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1899.
  • An orchid (Dendrobium farmerii var. album): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.
  • An orchid (Dendrobium moschatum): flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1836, after himself.
  • Seven plants, including an orchid and a two slipper flowers: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.
  • Three species of orchid: flowering plants. Chromolithograph by E. Vouga, c.1883, after herself.

Works from the collections

12 works

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    An orchid (Dendrobium chrysotis): flowering stem. Coloured zincograph by J. Mac Farlane, c. 1871, after himself.

    MacFarlane, J. L., 1836-approximately 1913. | Date: 1871 | Reference: 28123i
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    An orchid (Dendrobium thyrsiflorum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1899.

    | Date: 1899 | Reference: 21217i
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    An orchid (Dendrobium fimbriatum var. Oculatum): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21219i
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    An orchid (Dendrobium Dalhausianum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1899.

    | Date: 1899 | Reference: 21215i
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    An orchid (Dendrobium moschatum): flowering stem. Coloured etching by F. Smith, c. 1836, after himself.

    Smith, Frederick William, 1797-1835. | Date: [1834-49] | Reference: 26375i
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Related topics

Botany
Orchidaceae
Flowers
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Ornamental
Horticulture
Plants

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