Discover antique prints of orchids.
Orchids are a huge family of flowering plants. Many are spectacularly beautiful and fragrant. They have been used as food, perfumes and medicine.
Orchid collecting was a mania in the 18th and 19th centuries ! Orchid selling was big business. Hence, collecting expeditions travelled the world.
Scientists and artists studied and illustrated the orchids. Their beautiful illustrations were also used to help advertise orchids. They were printed as engravings and lithographs.
Choose from thousands of our antique prints of orchids. They are genuine antique prints.
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23.5 x 16.2 cm (9.25 x 6.4 inches)Orchis maculata and Canna speciosaThis fascinating hand coloured botanical lithograph was made in Milan in 1847 by Ambrogio Robiati. Under each illustration is a detailed description in Italian in attractive Italic font.It is a genuine antique, not a reproduction an..
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34.5 x 26.0 cm (13.5 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.Cattleya chocoensisNouvelle Grenade,ColombiaThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educ..
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26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).dendrobium nobile nobiliusChinaThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world..
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23 x 14.0 cm (9.0 x 5.5 inches).Satyrium hircinumThis antique botanical print is from the first edition of James Sowerby 's famous work, English Botany. It is an original antique print made by printing from an engraved copper printing plate onto hand made paper. The hand painted coloring is original..
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34.5 x 26 cm (13.5 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.IndonesiaThe floral emblem of Queensland. Now classified as Vappodes phalaenopsisThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first publishe..
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28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Hexacentris mysorensis (Blind stamp in corner)IndiaThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the..
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24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Miltonia spectabilisThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1854-1855 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back..
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24.0 x 16.0 cm (9.5 x 6.3 inches).Wild OrchidsThis is an original antique lithograph made in 1860 by Anne Pratt (1806-1893), a botanical illustrator from Kent, England, responsible for popularising botany. It is in very good condition. The colors are fresh and bright. The image is on one side of the..
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24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Dendrobium densiflorumThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1851 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back at..
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24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Ondontoglossum naeviumThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1851 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back at..
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Trichocentrum tigrinumCentral America9.5 x 6 inches (24 x 15½ cm). 1890sThis original antique lithograph is from The Botanical Magazine by William Curtis.It was made in the 1890s, has original hand colouring and is in very good condition.The Botanical Magazine was one of the first British horticultu..
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30.5 x 24.5cm (15 x 9.5 inches)Thelymitra longifoliaThis is an antique lithograph of New Zealand flora. It is from a work by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman and was published in 1914 in Wellington, New Zealand. At the time the botany of New Zealand was poorly known so Cheeseman made many collecting trips..
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24 x 16cm (9.5 x 6.5 inches)Cyrtochilum leucochilumThis beautiful lithograph with original hand coloring was made in 1851 and comes from Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe by Louis van Houtte, a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He employed plant collectors to bring back a..
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26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)BorneoCritically Endangered. Now called Paphiopedilum lawrenceanumThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants bein..
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28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Pleione maculata and lagenariaHimalayasThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservator..
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24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).This is an antique chromolithograph from Le Jardin Fleuriste which was published from 1851 to 1854 by Charles Antoine Lemaire (Professor of Botany), in an era of travel and exploration. Plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe and ea..
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23 x 16 cm (9 x 6.5 inches)Cattleya HarrisoniaeThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Chat..
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28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Odontoglussum neviumColombiaThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Chatsw..
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26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)Brazil,Argentina,UruguayThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopef..
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26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Cattleya superba var. splendensThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world..
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31.7 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 inches).Cymbidium rhodochilum This antique chromolithograph was made in 1903 for William Robinson, an Irish gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden. It's an original antique wh..
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27.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8 inches).Harryana, Veitchi, Lindeni, Ignea, Armini, ephippium etc This is an antique chromolithograph which was made in the 1890s for a work by John Wright, a horticulturist and editor of the London Journal of Horticulture. He created fine works illustrating fruit, vegetables ..
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26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)This lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to bu..
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28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Dendrobium transparensIndia, NepalThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at ..
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26 x 17.5 cm (10.5 x 7.0 inches).Oncidium incurvum var. Fl. AlboMexicoThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the..
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34.5 x 26.0 cm (13.5 x 10.5 inches).There is a central fold, as issued and shown in the picture.Masdevallia chimaeraCentral America,AndesThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate..
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28 x 21 cm (11 x 8.5 inches).Phalaenopsis rosea (Blind stamp in corner, not on image)PhillippinesThis lithograph was made in the 1880s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. ..
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22.5 x 15.5 cm (9 x 6 inches).Cypripedium calceolusUKThis hand colored engraving was made in the 1830s by Sir Joseph Paxton, a hugely talented man. Paxton started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory a..
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24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).Philippines and TaiwanThis is an antique chromolithograph from Le Jardin Fleuriste which was published from 1851 to 1854 by Charles Antoine Lemaire (Professor of Botany), in an era of travel and exploration. Plants from around the world were being collected and bought..
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24.5 x 14.5 cm (9.5 x 6 inches).This is an antique chromolithograph from Le Jardin Fleuriste which was published from 1851 to 1854 by Charles Antoine Lemaire (Professor of Botany), in an era of travel and exploration. Plants from around the world were being collected and bought back to Europe and ea..
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