178 Free Artworks of Vintage Orchid Illustration

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Pleione praecox (as Coelogyne wallachiana). Native to the west-central Himilaya to southern Yunnan, China.

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SHANKS, Alec. “Les Orchidées”, 1931.

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Orchideeën Tentoonstelling, Amsterdam, 1950.

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Angel orchid. Coelogyne cristata.

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Yellow lady's slipper orchid. Cypripedium calceolus. Claret colored petals. Brilliant yellow, slipper shaped flowers. Native to Europe, Russia, and Asia. Herbier general de l'Amateur, tome 1 (1817-1827)

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Laelia elegans var. alba.

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Cyrtochilum macranthum [ as Oncidium macranthum]

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Rosy Tinted Laelia. Laelia rubescens [as Laelia peduncularis]. Fragrant pink flowers on 3 foot long spikes. Grows on tree trunks in deciduous forests of Mexico and Central America.

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Cattleya grandis [as Laelia grandis]. Yellow and bronze, ruffled petals. White lip is striped purple. Lives in top branches of very tall trees (80 feet+). This ensures plants get plenty of sun. Native to Brazil.

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The Reticulated Phragmipedium (Selenipedium reticulatum). Ranges from southern Ecuador to Peru.

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Pescatoria lehmannii. Collection of Orchids-aquarelles originales (1850-1870)

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Stanhopea ruckeri. Flowers carry mild cinnamon scent similar to the candy "Hot Tamales."

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The aromatic Mormodes. Mormodes aromatica. Inflorescence to 13 inches long carries up to 15 fragrant flowers. Grows at high elevations in Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras.

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Bracted Dendrobium (Dendrobium bracteosum) Lindenia, Iconographie des orchidées [E. von Lindemann], Plates 49-96, vol. 2: t. 74 (1886)

Cattley Iris [as Cattleya x Iris] A cross between C. dowiana and C. bicolor. Nearly all yellow Cattleya hybrids have this orchid as an ancestor. Orchis (1907)

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Red Disa orchid. Disa uniflora [as Disa grandiflora var. superba + barrelli] Native to South Africa. The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 21- (1882)

Black-tongued Orchid. Dendrobium amplum. (Paxton's) Magazine of Botany and Register Vol. 7 (1840)

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Nepal Tiger-striper orchid. Cymbidium iridioides [as Cymbidium giganteum] Paxton's magazine of botany and register of flowering plants, vol. 12: p. 241 (1849) [S. Holden]

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Consul Schiller's Cattleya. Cattleya schilleriana. Collection of Orchids-aquarelles originales (1850-1870)

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Medusa's Bulbophyllum. Bulbophyllum medusae [as Cirrhopetalum medusae]

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Stanhopea ruckeri. Flowers carries mild cinnamon scent similar to the candy "Hot Tamales." Grows at elevations of 2,600-4,600 feet in mountain forests of Mexico and Central America. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 31, (1845) [Sarah Ann Drake]

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Cattleya schilleriana orchid

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Acineta superba. Fragrant, long-lasting, 3 inch flowers in blended shades of red, brown, and white. Grows in the canopy of mountain forests of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

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Acineta barkeri [as Peristeria barkeri] The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) [Mrs. Withers]

Lindley's Barkeria. Barkeria lindleyana. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) [Mrs. Withers]

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Elegant Cattleya orchid

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Cuitlauzina pendula [as Odontoglossum citrosmum].

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Laelia marginata [as Schomburgkia crispa]. Native to Suriname

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Laelia undulata [as Schomburgkia undulata]

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Autumn-flowering Laelia. Laelia autumnalis. The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) [Mrs. Withers]

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Queen Cattleya. Cattleya dowiana. A particularly beautiful Cattleya. Flower petals and sepals are yellow. Lip is deep crimson purple, veined gold. L’ Illustration horticole, vol. 14 (1866) [P. Stroobant]

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Blood-stained dendrobium (Dendrobium sanguinolentum)

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Large yellow lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens syn. C. parviflorum var. pubescens) with black squirrel. Illustration by Mark Catesby (1722).

May-flowering Laelia. Laelia speciosa [as Laelia majalis] The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) [Mrs. Withers]

Fringe-Lipped Dendrobium. Dendrobium fimbriatum (1840)

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Vanilla orchid

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Aloed-leaf cymbidium. Cymbidium aloifolium var. brevilabre [as Cymbidium pendulum var. brevilabre].

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Zygopetalum clayi.

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Dislocated Mormodes (Mormodes luxata). Edwards's Botanical Register v.29 (1843)

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Crenate Orchid Cactus (Epiphyllum crenatum). Flowers are open during the day.

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Pride of Table Mountain, Red Disa orchid. Native to South Africa.

Master's cymbidium (Cymbidium mastersii). Beautiful miniature cymbidium with unusual fluted flowers. Blooms carry a delicious almond scent. Plants grow on trees and rocks at elevations up to 7,200 feet in southeast Asia.

Dendrobium anosmum (as Dendrobium macrophyllum). Powerfully fragrant lavender flowers, spotted burgundy on sides of lip. Bloom is in early spring, each pseudobulb can produce 100 flowers. )

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Eulophia rosea as [Lissochilus roseus]. A large African terrestrial orchid. Plants can grow to 2 or more meters tall.

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The Ivory Cymbid (Cymbidium eburneum).

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Vanda tricolor. Houtte, L. van, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 6 (1850-1851)

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1914 Orchid Keramic Studio

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1906 Orchids Keramic Studio

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Vanda tricolor var. planilabris.

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Dendrobium amoenum [as Dendrobium egertoniae]. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol.33: t.36 (1847) [Sarah Ann Drake]

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Hasselt's Dendrobium. Dendrobium hasseltii. Honey scented flowers in late summer and fall. Grows in moss at altitudes of 5,000 to 10,000 feet in the mountain forests of Sumatra, Java and Malaysia. By Sarah Ann Drake (1847)

Acineta superba. Fragrant, long-lasting, 3 inch flowers in blended shades of red, brown, and white. Grows in the canopy of mountain forests of Venezuela to Peru. Edwards’s Botanical Register, vol. 29 (1843) [S.A. Drake]

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Pleione × lagenaria [as Coelogyne lagenaria]. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe v.23 (1880)

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Greater Swamp-orchid. Phaius tankervilleae [as Limodorum tankervilleae]. Thornton, R.J., New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature, t. (1807)

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Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium acaule [as C. humile]) and Yellow Mariposa Lily (Calochortus luteus). The American flora vol. 3 (1855)

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Laelia pilcheri. The Floral Magazine v.6 1867

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Tracy's Cymbidium (Cymbidium tracyanum)

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[as Laelia albida var. rosea] The Floral Magazine v.6 1867

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Dendrobium wardianum

The Splendid Paphiopedilum (Paphiopedilum insigne) Gleadall, E.E., The beauties of flora (1839)

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Orchid tree, Pride of India, Queen of flowering trees. Amherstia nobilis. Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java -peints d'après nature par Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1880)

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Fringed Dendrobium. Dendrobium fimbriatum. The American flora vol. 2, by Strong, Asa B. (1855)

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Esmeralda cathcartii (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe v.12 (1857)

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Lesser butterfly-orchid. Platanthera bifolia. Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen band.1 (1887)

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Cymbidium mastersi from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Cypripedium lemoinierianum from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Oncidium ampliatum majus from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Cattleya dowiana var chrysotoxa from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Cattleya victoria regina from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Beautiful photomechanical prints of White Irises (1887–1897) by Ogawa Kazumasa.

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Cymbidium (hybridum) winnianum from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Stanhopea shuttleworthii from Reichenbachia Orchids (1888-1894) illustrated by Frederick Sander (1847-1920).

Libellules, butome en ombelle, nénuphars, panneau. Oiseaux-mouches et orchidées, étoffe. Oiseaux-mouches et capillaires, bordure from L'animal dans la décoration (1897) illustrated by Maurice Pillard Verneuil.

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