Images Dated 2020

Anguloa clowesii (Tulip orchid), 1866

Watercolour illustration of Anguloa clowesii by John Day, 4 August 1866. Artwork from John Day's Scrapbook, vol 5, p. 11. Accompanying notes state that the specimen was "from a plant imported from New Grenada by Lewis & Co in 1864 of Mr Blunt Collecting" and dated 4th August 1866

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Cyrtochilum macranthum, 1868

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1868. Artwork from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 94, plate 5743. Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787

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