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Of this orchid flower, Ophrys apifera, painted by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937) writes 'the pollinaria appear to be dangling into the curve of the column. This drops the masses directly onto the stigma, self-pollinating the flower'

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2021-04-15

For many has happened every day over the last year. Like the artists in our collections, more of us have spent time taking a closer look at plants in our gardens, homes and local areas. Take a look https://t.co/9fHAJSAcbP

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2021-04-14

2/2 On the back cover is the beautiful Cycnoches egertonianum also from Bateman's The of Mexico & Guatemala. Collected in Guatemala by George Ure Skinner, it was one of the many orchids Bateman cultivated in his hothouses Hall https://t.co/czzP3UhJ5A

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2021-04-01

1/2 On the front cover of is Coryanthes speciosa, pl.36 of James Bateman's The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala ([1837]-1843). With a print run of only 125 copies, it remains one of the finest (and heaviest!) books on orchids ever published

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2021-04-01

New book alert! by published by . Revealing the weird and wonderful lifestyles of this most diverse of families, it is bursting with images from our original and published collections https://t.co/czzP3UhJ5A

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2021-03-26

Don't forget to tune in to at 13.45 today, for 'Metamorphosis: how insects transformed our world' to hear NHM librarian Grace Touzel () and Dr Erica McAlister () on Maria Sibylla Merian's paintings of

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2021-03-04

Our new project is a volume of original watercolours & botanical notes by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889). Daughter of the tea merchant Richard Twining II, she was a talented flower painter & philanthropist https://t.co/to3Tg6V2OX

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2020-12-24

This charming flamingo is from Giovanni da Udine's (1487-1564) collection of 135 watercolour drawings of birds and marine crustaceans. We're smiling as it's not quite right! See all of his paintings in our https://t.co/ohTwNNCRgi

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2020-12-12

splash of colour provided by the talented E. Getrude Norrie (fl.1900). Her incredibly colourful depictions of the fish that inhabit the Hawaiian archipelago are freely available through our https://t.co/PedMPvA0ZC

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2020-12-12

Pinch punch first day of the month.... white rabbits. 🐇🐇 September is here and thanks to Robert Furber (1674-1756) starts brightly. View all of his year freely via our https://t.co/UE6r5racxZ

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2020-09-01