Warner Orchid Album Prints 1882

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Cattleya Trianae Formosa WNR108 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $75	Laelia Amanda WNR113 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Cattleya Morganae WNR6 ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $75


Cattleya Mendelii, Grandiflora WNR3 ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $75	Laelia Amanda WNR135 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Cattleya Labiata Pallida WNR121 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $75


Laelia Harpophylla WNR117 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Oncidium Forbesii WNR104 ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $75	Ada Aurantiaca WNR53 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Calanthe Veitchii WNR31 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Dendrobium Schneiderianum WNR411 ~~$155~~ Sale Price: $75	Oncidium Haematochilum WNR32 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Cattleya mendelii jamesiana WNR203 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $75	Laelia amesiana WNR204 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Laelia elegans wolstenhomiae WNR205 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Chysis loevis WNR210 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Cymbidium lowianum viride WNR200 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Dendrobium moschatum cupreum WNR208 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Odontoglossum schlieperianum flavidum WNR201 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Sobralia xantholeuca WNR213 ~~$165~~ Sale Price: $75	Laelia albida sulphurea WNR214 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Lycaste gigantea WNR218 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Cypripedium schroderae WNR219 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Cypripedium insigne WNR220 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Cypripedium leeanum WNR221 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Miltonia spectabilis WNR217 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Cypripedium insigne punctatum violaceum WNR223 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Cattleya aclandiae WNR227 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $60	Catasetum christyanum WNR228 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $60	Cypripedium concolor WNR229 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $60


Saccolabium violaceum harrisonianum WNR230 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Lycaste skinneri alba WNR231 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Angraecum kotschyi WNR232 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Comparettia macroplectron WNR235 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Pleione Humilis Tricolor WNR413 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $60	Vanda Tricolor WNR412 ~~$125~~ Sale Price: $60

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We are very pleased to offer a series of orchid prints from the first edition of Robert Warner and Thomas Moore's illustrious Orchid Album, Comprising Colored Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants, London: Published by B.S. Williams, at the Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 1882-1897. The Orchid Album was illustrated by the master illustrator of orchids, John Nugent Fitch. His original drawings are in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington. References include Nissen BBI 2107; Great Flower Books,p.80; 187; Stafleu 6282.

Benjamin Samuel Williams' obituary recollects the intentions of this magnificent work: "In 1881 he commenced his magnum opus, the Orchid Album, which was projected with the idea of supplying a demand for illustrations of Orchidaceous plants, with botanical descriptions of the plants figured and notes on their cultivation.... Its appearance was hailed with great satisfaction in horticultural circles throughout the world, and it numbers among its subscribers nearly all lovers of Orchids and many of our leading and most influential horticulturalists."

As orchid raisers of many years standing, obtaining these prints was a powerful reminder of the almost overwhelming beauty and magnificence of the orchid family. It is very easy to understand the life long fascination that orchid lovers have for these plants. These are hand colored prints with some lithography and the colors are very intense and fresh. We have compared the prints with others that are available and the brilliance of the colors in this very RARE FIRST edition are unsurpassed. Each print measures approximately 9 1/2 inches wide by 11 3/4 inches long.