Warner Orchid Album Prints 1882

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Gaelogyne Massangeana WNR29 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Cypripedium Curtisii WNR122 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Odontoglossum Alexandrae Flaveolum WNR43 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Dendrobium Suavissimum WNR13 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Odontoglossum Grande WNR79 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Oncidium Gardneri WNR12 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Dendrobium Farmerii Aureum WNR99 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Laelia Xanthina WNR23 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Oncidium Concolor WNR1 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Odontoglossum WNR52 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Scuticaria Steelii WNR55 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Odontoglossum Londesboroughianum WNR82 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70


Masdevallia Harryana Caerulescens WNR24 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Saccolabium Curvifolium WNR107 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Masdevallia Ignea WNR62 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Laelia Schroderii WNR2 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Laelia Elegans Prasiata WNR97 ~~$145~~ Sale Price: $70	Laelia Elegans Alba WNR30 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Cypripedium Melanopthalmum WNR109 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Oncidium Lanceanum Louvrexianum WNR129 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Cypripedium Spicerianum WNR119 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Epidendrum Wallisii WNR74 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Anguloa Ruckerii Sanguinea WNR19 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Maxillaria Luteo-Alba WNR106 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Odontoglossum Cristatellum WNR66 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Phajus Tuberculosus WNR91 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Odontoglossum Leeanum WNR101 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Oncidium Tigrinum WNR137 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Anguloa Eburnea WNR133 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65	Pescatorea Lehmanni WNR57 ~~$135~~ Sale Price: $65


Dendrobium findleyanum WNR236 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Cattleya crispa buchananiana WNR237 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Odontoglossum roezlii WNR238 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55


Dendrobium dearei WNR239 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Trichopilia suavis alba WNR240 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Trichosma suavis WNR241 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55


Laelia anceps hilliana WNR242 SOLD	Dendrobium draconis WNR243 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Cymbidium affine WNR244 SOLD


Dendrobium williamsianum WNR245 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Pilumna nobilis WNR246 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55	Dendrobium jamesianum WNR247 ~~$115~~ Sale Price: $55

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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.