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    Image number: RS.10606
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    Maxillaria orchid

    Date
    1907
    Creator
    Arthur Harry Church (1865 - 1937, British) , Botanist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Subject
    Biology
       > Botany
    Content object
    nature
       > plant
          > flower
    Description
    Botanical studies of flowers of Maxillaria tenuifolia, the delicate-leaf Maxillaria, native to Central and South America.

    The upper figure shows surface detail at x2 magnification, the lower figure a section through the flower at x6 magnification. There is a small detail of anthers also at x6 magnification Inscribed below in pencil: ‘Maxillaria tenuifolio (x6) A.H.Church delt. June 29 1907.’ Board embossed lower left.

    From the watercolour collection of Gordon Elliott Fogg, MS/911.

    Arthur Harry Church was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1921.
    Object history
    Bequeathed by Professor G.E. (Tony) Fogg FRS, received June 2005.
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