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Orchis

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  • Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.
  • Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Seven plants, including two orchids and an azalea: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • A white variety of the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1900.
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    Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1904.

    | Date: 1904 | Reference: 21127i
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    Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

    Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870. | Date: 1861 | Reference: 24545i
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    Green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) with an associated beetle and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

    | Date: 1 September 1831 | Reference: 24215i
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    Seven plants, including two orchids and an azalea: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

    | Date: 1834 | Reference: 27641i
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    A white variety of the early purple orchid (Orchis mascula): flowering stem. Watercolour by R. Baker, 1900.

    Baker, R., active 1898. | Date: 1900 | Reference: 21128i
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