Scientific Illustration

Plants of the coast of Coromandel by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

London :Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, Bookseller,1795-1819..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/280200

balnibarbi:

n636_w1150 by BioDivLibrary http://flic.kr/p/dJAd6f

(via mudwerks)

jomobimo:

The paradisus londinensis:.
London :Printed by D.N. Shury, and published by William Hooker,1805-1807..

hanonison:

T. lemmonii

ink on tracing paper

Drawn for the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA

hanonison:

Composite flower closeup

S. fulgens

ink on tracing paper

Drawn for the Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA

Erythroxylum coca -  Coca

jomobimo:

n90_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

mushrooms of France 1780

nybg:

In Australia it is now officially summer. I like that, and I love that the Internet allows me to see all the beautiful summer plants, flowers and vegetables growing in the southern hemisphere, like these great plant studies. ~AR

mei-xing:

more flower studies

Plants of the coast of Coromandel by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

London :Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, Bookseller,1795-1819..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/280098

biomedicalephemera:

Hasselet’s Dendrobium - Dendrobium hasseletii

This orchid lives high in the hills and mossy, montane forests of the Malaysian peninsula, as well as in Sumatra and Java. It has sparse, thin leaves, on a sturdy bamboo-like stalk. The flowers bloom from the apex of the stalk, in late summer and early fall. Despite its elegance, this orchid is one of the more difficult keepers, and as such is not widespread in the gardening and botanical circles.

Collection d’orchidées: aquarelles originales. Unknown German author/artist, late 1800s.