A plant family of the order Asparagales. All members of the orchid family have the same bilaterally symmetrical flower structure, with three sepals, but the flowers vary greatly in color and shape.
    

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On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.

An orchid (Cattleya mossiae): flower and leaf. Watercolour, 1899.

A species of orchid: flowering plant with traces of surrounding vegetation. Chromolithograph by E.Vouga, c.1883, after herself.

Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Eight plants, including two orchids and an iris: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

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

Zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Salep-Wurzel / Hans L. Lauer.

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

A tropical orchid (Coelia baueriana): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

An orchid (Cattleya Schoderae): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1900.

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

Zur Überlieferungsgeschichte der Salep-Wurzel / Hans L. Lauer.

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

A tropical orchid (Coelia baueriana): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving by G. Barclay, c. 1842, after S. Drake.

An orchid (Cattleya Schoderae): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1900.