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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.

Five orchids, all species of the genus Maxillaria: flowering stems. Coloured lithograph.

Epidendrum moschatum: flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

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

Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a fuchsia: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1836.

An orchid (Cattleya Boothiana): flowering stem. Watercolour.

A tropical orchid (Oncidium lanceanum): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss S. A. Drake.

Seven British garden plants, including two orchids: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

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.

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

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Orchidaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Orchidaceae

Works from the collections

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.

Orchidaceae

Images from the collections

Images referencing Orchidaceae

Works from the collections

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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