Drawer II of VII

Orchids

Orchids in print: the giant chromolithographs of Sander's Reichenbachia, Odontoglossum, Cattleya and Dendrobium from the 1880s, the orchids of the Dutch East Indies, Australian terrestrial orchids and the wild orchids of Germany from Müller's 1904 flora.

61 prints

1800 to 1849 4 1850 and after 56

Order: Finest firstOldest first Newest first Price, low to high Price, high to low

Large Orchid Illustrations of the Dutch East Indies: A Botanical Heritage, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 72 cm

Orchid Elegance: Huge Exquisite Chromolithograph of the Dutch Colonial Era, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 72 cm

Orchid Splendor: Big Chromolithographic Legacy from the Dutch East Indies, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 72 cm

Gorgeous Impressive Large Folio Size Antique Print of an Orchid, 1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Victorian Botanical Print, White Phalaenopsis Casta Orchid, Published ca.1888

$655

1888 · 52.5 × 35 cm

Antique Botanical Print, Lavender-White Orchid Saccolabium coeleste, ca.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Antique Botanical Print, Exotic Orchid Odontoglossum Wattianum, c.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Victorian Botanical Orchid Print, Two Exotic Varieties, c.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Large Antique Botanical Print, Orchid Dendrobium Melanodiscus, c.1888

$655

1888 · 52.5 × 35 cm

Antique Botanical Print, Exotic Orchid Selenipedium Hybridum Grande, c.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Yellow Spotted Orchid Print, Odontoglossum Excellens, Reichenbachia c.1888

$655

1888 · 52.5 × 35 cm

Large Antique Botanical Print, Orchid Odontoglossum Hybridum Leroyanum, c.1888

$655

1888 · 52.5 × 35 cm

Red and Gold Orchid Print, Odontoglossum Coronarium, Reichenbachia c.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Antique Botanical Prints Set, German Flora & Orchids Atlas, Stuttgart 1885

$415

1885 · 42 × 32 cm

German Meadow Orchids: A Heritage of Botanical Artistry, 1904

$405

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Antique Botany Print of the Dendrobium Superbiens Orchid, published in ca.1890

$395

1890 · 49 × 63.5 cm

Alpine to Woodland: The Orchid Spectrum of 1904 in Antique Prints

$395

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Nature's Masterpieces in Original Antique Print: The Orchids of 1904

$385

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Orchid Variations: A Study of Ophrys Species in 1904 Illustrations

$385

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Set of 3

Orchids & Norfolk Pine, Set of 3 Antique Botanical Lithographs 1897

$385

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Set of 3

Set of 3 antique orchid lithographs, Dendrobium & Cattleya species, 1897

$385

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Set of 3

Set of 3 antique orchid lithographs, Lycaste, Odontoglossum & Oncidium, 1897

$385

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Set of 3

Set of 3 Antique Botanical Prints 1897, Lady’s Slipper, Maranta & Canna

$385

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Antique Orchid & Bromeliad Chromolithographs 1897, Karatas, Aechmea, Billbergia

$385

1897 · 15.9 × 24 cm

Antique Botanical Lithograph, Vanilla Guianensis, Suriname Orchid, 1856

$360

1856 · 24.7 × 31.2 cm

Antique Botany Print of Cypripedium Calceolus by Curtis, circa 1817

$340

1817 · 29 × 48.5 cm

Original Botanical Treasures: The Orchids of Müller's 1904 Collection

$325

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Orchids of Germany and Adjacent Regions: A Visual Archive, 1904

$315

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Ephemeral Elegance: Orchids of 1904 in Müller's Illustrations

$295

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Floral Symphony: Müller's 1904 Botanical Illustrations

$295

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Large Antique Botanical Print, White Orchid Cattleya Schroederæ Alba, c.1888

$285

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

Antique Botany Print of the Large Boulder Orchid, '1884'

$280

1884 · 33 × 49.5 cm

Antique Botany Print of the Salmon Sun Orchid & Fringed Sun Orchid, '1884'

$280

1884 · 33 × 49.5 cm

Set of 4

Set of 4 Antique Botany Prints, Ornithocephalus Grandiflorus 'c.1880'

$280

1880 · 25 × 16.5 cm

Orchid & Cotton Elegance: A Botanical Legacy in Bloom, Old Engravings of 1845

$270

1845 · 17 × 26.5 cm

Nigritella Nuances: Botanical Portraits of Alpine Orchids from 1904

$270

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Vintage Orchids Published in 1904: A Study of Platanthera Species, 1904

$270

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Botanical Vintage Prints of Scarlet Sophronitis and Tropical Bloom, c.1845

$270

1845 · 25 × 17 cm

Vibrant Orchid and Clivia: A Botanical Duo from Van Houtte's Collection, c.1875

$270

1875 · 25 × 16.3 cm

Comet Orchid (Darwin's Orchid): Hand-Colored Lithograph by Louis van Houtte 1855

$270

1855 · 24.5 × 33 cm

Stelzner's Laelia Orchid: Hand-Colored Lithograph by Louis van Houtte, 1855

$270

1855 · 24.5 × 33 cm

Orchid Elegance: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration from 1904

$260

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Epipactis Spectrum: A Botanical Study from 1904

$260

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Set of 3

Epipactis Enchantment: A Trio of Botanical Illustrations from 1904

$260

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Orchid Portraits of 1904 in Pink and Lilac Colors: Müller's Botanical Legacy

$250

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Historical Flora: Orchids of 1904 in Art and Science

$250

1904 · 15 × 24 cm

Antique Botany Print of the Butterfly Orchid & Crab-Lipped Spider Orchid, 1884

$235

1884 · 33 × 49.5 cm

Antique Botany Print of the White Fairy Orchid & Leaping Spider Orchid '1884'

$225

1884 · 33 × 49.5 cm

About orchids

Orchid fever gripped Europe in the 19th century. Collectors sent plant hunters into the forests of South America and Asia, and the finest orchids were painted for books as costly as the plants themselves. The grandest is Frederick Sander's Reichenbachia (1888 to 1894), whose huge chromolithographs of Odontoglossum and Cattleya are among the largest botanical plates ever printed.

This drawer also holds the orchids of the Dutch East Indies, Australian terrestrial orchids of the 1880s, and Walter Muller's precise plates of the wild orchids of Germany and the Alps (1904).

Explore

By maker, by plant and by place.

Makers and books

Van Houtte's Flore des Serres 39 Curtis's Botanical Magazine 24 Hoola van Nooten's fruits and flowers of Java 26 Bertuch's Bilderbuch 40 Sowerby's English Botany 18 Plenck's medicinal plants 10 Edward Step's Favourite Flowers 48 Maund's Botanic Garden 11 E.J. Lowe's ferns 6 Fries's Swedish mushrooms 9 De Bry's India Orientalis 11 Müller's orchids of Germany (1904) 18 Alpine flora 54

Subjects

Roses 13 Lilies and bulbs 40 Rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas 15 Begonias and foliage plants 32 Cacti, aloes and succulents 29 Carnivorous plants 6 Wildflowers 45 Water plants and water lilies 26 Grapes and vines 17 Apples, pears and plums 28 Citrus and the Hesperides 7 Tropical fruit 47 Spices 29 Medicinal plants 45 Coffee, tea, tobacco and cotton 23 Palms 16 Ferns and mosses 62 Grasses and grain 38

Places

Java and the East Indies 27 The Cape and Africa 12 Australia and New Zealand 7 The Americas 14 Japan and China 14

Questions about orchids

What is Reichenbachia?

Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described, published by the orchid grower Frederick Sander in London and St Albans from 1888 to 1894 and named after the botanist H.G. Reichenbach. Its 192 chromolithographs after Henry George Moon are celebrated for their size and colour.