As part doing a stocktake of the tropical and temperate orchids in the Living Collection I was impressed to see accession numbers that indicated we had plants well over 100 years old.

We have 44 orchid accessions that are over 100 years old growing in the Living collection at the Botanics. This is a little about them and their collection factsheets.

This is a work in progress and as the curation of the orchid collection continues the plant names will be updated, identification changed, images added and more information regarding their source will all be added.

 

Stanhopea saccata Bateman

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers,  London, that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Stelis alba Kunth

This plant 27th March 1896 was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, London, that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Maxillaria turneri G.Nicholson

Came from Dr. J Foulis on the 3rd of June 1896.

 

Dracula bella (Rchb.f.) Luer

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, Central Auction Rooms,  London that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Masdevallia corniculata Rchb.f.

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, Central Auction Rooms,  London that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Masdevallia demissa Rchb.f.

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, Central Auction Rooms,  London that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Dryadella simula (Rchb.f.) Luer

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, Central Auction Rooms,  London that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Cochlioda noezliana (Mast.) Rolfe

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, Central Auction Rooms,  London that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Odontoglossum x coradinei Rchb.f.

This plant was part of a lot bought through Protheroe & Morris, Auctioneers, Central Auction Rooms,  London that arrived in the garden on the 27th March 1896.

 

Bulbophyllum crassipes Hook.f.

This accession came into the collection from  Lyon & Turnbull 1 April 1897

 

Pleurothallis obovata (Lindl.) Lindl.

This accession came into the collection from  W. Bull 7th April 1898

 

Cochlioda noezliana (Mast.) Rolfe

Came from Dr. J Foulis on the 21st September 1899

 

Cymbidium tracyanum L.Castle

Came from Bull and Sons on the 14 May 1903

 

Pleurothallis macrophylla Kunth

Came from Hugh Low & Sons on the 9 Mar 1906

 

Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon Parish & Rchb.f.

Came from J. O.Brien on the 9 Nov 1906

 

Odontoglossum edwardii Rchb.f.

Came from Lyon & Turnbull on the 19 Sept 1908

 

Oncidium sphacelatum Lindl.

Came from Lyon & Turnbull on the 10th Sept 1908

 

Dendrobium thyrsiflorum Rchb.f.

From Miss Dawson, of Powfoulis Manor, Falkrik 16th Oct 1908

 

Masdevallia tovarensis Rchb.f.

From J.C. Wright. 20 April 1899

 

Cymbidium wilsonii (Rolfe ex Cook) Rolfe

From Mansell & Hatcher Orchid Growers

 

Restrepia brachypus Rchb.f.

From Sander & Sons 1 April 1910

 

Coelogyne lawrenceana Rolfe

From Sander & Sons 11 April 1911

 

Stanhopea grandiflora (Lodd.) Lindl.

From Sander & Sons 11 April 1911

 

Coelogyne tomentosa Lindl.

From Sander & Sons 12 January 1911

 

Maxillaria luteoalba Lindl.

From Sander & Sons 28th Feb 1912

 

Maxillaria coccinea (Jacq.) L.O.Williams ex Hodge

From Sander & Sons 28th Feb 1912

 

Dendrobium x delicatum (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey

From Sander & Sons 28 Feb 1912

 

Trias picta Parish

From Sander & Sons 28 Feb 1912

 

Masdevallia rolfeana Kraenzl.

From Sander & Sons 28 Feb 1912

 

Lycaste macrophylla (Poepp. & Endl.) Lindl. var. measuresiana (B.S.Williams) Fowlie

From Sander & Sons 5th March 1913

 

Dendrobium chrysotoxum Lindl.

From Sander & Sons 8th April 1914

 

Pleurothallis tubata (G. Lodd.) Steud.

Came to us from Glasnevin, before it was a National Trust Property, on the 10th of October 1914 as Physosiphon moorei

 

Dimorphorchis lowii (Lindl.) Rolfe

 

From Sander & Sons 27th Jul 1914 as Arachnanthe lowii

 

Pleurothallis stenopetala Lodd. ex Lindl.

From Sander & Sons 27th Jul 1914 as Arachnanthe lowii

 

x Odontioda Bohnhoffiae grex

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

x Odontioda Bradshawiae grex

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

Masdevallia coccinea Linden ex Lindl.

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

Epigeneium coelogyne (Rchb.f.) Summerh.

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

x Odontioda Cooksoniae grex

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

x Odontoglossum Crispo-harryanum grex

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

x Odontoglossum Warnhamense grex

From Mr E.H. Robertson from Burnside House Forfar, November 1915

 

Dendrochilum cobbianum Rchb.f.

Admiral Sir A.Berkeley Milne, Inveresk Gate Musselburgh on the 23 March 1916