Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9852
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'Orchideae' [orchids]
Date
1899
Creator
Adolf Giltsch (1852 - 1911, German) , Lithographer
After
Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919, German) , Biologist
Object type
Library reference
42553
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 357mm
width (print): 279mm
width (print): 279mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Sixteen botanical studies, figures of orchids presented as a single floral display:
1 Odontoglossum naevium; 2 Oncidium krameriannum; 3 Odontoglossum ramosissimum; 4 Odontoglossum schroederianum; 5 Cattleya ballantiniana; 6 Cattleya mendellii; 7 Cypripedium lemoinieri; 8 Cattleya rochellensis; 9 Cypripedium leeanum; 10 Odontoglossum wattianum; 11 Cattleya labiata; 12 Epidendrum atropurpureum; 13 Cypripedium argus; 14 Paphinia rugosa; 15 Zygopetalum xanthinum; 16 Oncidium laxense.
Plate 74 from Kunstformen der natur by Ernst Haeckel (Leipzig, Wien, Bibliographische Institut, 1899-1904).
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919), German zoologist, naturalist and eugenicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
1 Odontoglossum naevium; 2 Oncidium krameriannum; 3 Odontoglossum ramosissimum; 4 Odontoglossum schroederianum; 5 Cattleya ballantiniana; 6 Cattleya mendellii; 7 Cypripedium lemoinieri; 8 Cattleya rochellensis; 9 Cypripedium leeanum; 10 Odontoglossum wattianum; 11 Cattleya labiata; 12 Epidendrum atropurpureum; 13 Cypripedium argus; 14 Paphinia rugosa; 15 Zygopetalum xanthinum; 16 Oncidium laxense.
Plate 74 from Kunstformen der natur by Ernst Haeckel (Leipzig, Wien, Bibliographische Institut, 1899-1904).
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834-1919), German zoologist, naturalist and eugenicist, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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