Asparagales Collection

Narcissus tazetta, tazetta daffodil
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Narcisse a plusieurs fleurs

Snowdrop (Galanthus Sp. ) single flower in snow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February
Snowdrop (Galanthus Sp.) single flower in snow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, February

Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) on Eype Down with Colmer's Hill in background, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. May 2014

Heathland
Original artwork for Heathland by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries

Heathland poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson, signed B.E.N. copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973, printed in England by Lund Humphries

Cypripedium reginae, ladys slipper orchid. Also known as pi
Although the current name of this orchid is Cypripedium reginae, the name on the original plate reads Cypripedium spectabile, which may have been the name accepted at the time

Vegetable roots
Plate 4 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Racines alimentaires

Ophrys apifera, bee orchid
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 17 June 1913

Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys slipper orchid
Watercolour from British Orchids (1792-1817), by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Angraecum sesquipedale, Madagascan orchid
This species of orchid was used by Darwin to prove his theories of evolution. Illustration from The British Museum (Natural History) by Peter Whitehead and Colin Keates, 1981

Cypripedium candidum, small white lady s-slipper
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Food plant bulbs
Plate 8 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Plantes bulbeuses alimentaires

Cypripedium calceolus, Ladys Slipper Orchid
Originally published in: Paxtons magazine of botany, and register of flowering plants. Published in London. December 1836. Natural History Museums Botany Library. Plate Collection number 169

Common bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) growing on coastal cliff, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. June

Wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) Bay, Ullswater, Lake District, England, UK, March

Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) in flower, Lenaderg House, Banbridge Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene), Marsland mouth, Cornwall, UK. JUne 2016

Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) flowering in woodland. Near village of Alport, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, March

Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) with the Milky Way at night, and light pollution from town in the distance, Keetmanshoop, Namibia. Colours accentuated digitally

Epidendrum elongatum, orchid
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Epidendrum secundrum

English bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Lower Woods, Gloucestershire, England, UK, April

Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) feeding on Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) at Strawberry Banks, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT), Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. May

Darwins Orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) species which is pollinated by a long-tongued moth, from Ambila, Madagascar. Photograph taken on location for BBC Wild Madagascar Series, August 2009

Phormium tenax, New Zealand flax
A watercolour commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and sketched by Sydney Parkinson during the Endeavour Voyage

Cattleya skinneri, English orchid
Plate 13 from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Coastal agave (Agave shawii) leaves. Near Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

Amaryllis vittata, amaryllis
Illustration No.3 by Peter Brown, c. 1760s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris sp. blue iris
Folio 67 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Macropus giganteus, eastern gray kangaroo and Xanthorrhoea s
Gum-plant, and Kangooroo of New Holland. Drawing 56 By George Raper, 1789

Allium cepa, onion
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Crocus sativus, saffron
Plate 25 from Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 10 Flore Medicale Atlas 3 (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Crocus sativa, saffron
Plate 93 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Vanilla planifolia, vanilla
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Engraved by John Nugent Fitch

Agapanthus, lily of the Nile

Red and yellow daylilies -Hemerocallis-, flowers, Quebec Province, Canada

Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchid
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996

Cymbidium aloifolium, orchid
Plate 869 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera) a widespread orchid of grasslands and verges, growing on St Georges Flower Bank, Bristol, UK, June

Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower. UK. June

Common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii) on a roadside verge near Bristol, England, UK, June

Snowdrops in the forest with moss and insects under soft lighting, painting by Josef Lauer (1818, 1881), Austrian still life painter who was active in the Biedermeier period, among others

A lush bouquet of roses, tulips and daffodils on a sandy ground, painting by Josef Lauer (1818, 1881), Austrian still life painter who was active in the Biedermeier period, among others

An oriental scene with a woman resting on a bed, a servant holding a robe, and another woman playing a lute

Sculpture of Perseus, by Benvenuto, 1880, Florence, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a photo by Giorgio Sommer, coloured, Europe

Moschatus, musk, left, Narcissus bulbocodium, hoop skirt narcissus, crinoline narcissus, centre, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, wild daffodil (narcissus) (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), daffodil, Historic

Tazetta, bouquet daffodil (Narcissus), tazet (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), daffodil, Zephyranthes atamasca, zephyr flower, Narcissus incomparabilis, garden daffodil, Historic

Daffodils (Narcissus) (narcissus) and daffodils --edioluteus, two-flowered, Narcissus --incomparabilis, garden narcissus, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

(Iris pallida), pale iris and Iris variegata, variegated iris, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Rosea, red lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis), pink lily of the valley and Convallaria majalis, Lily of the valley, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Garden hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), common hyacinth, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century

Iris -- germanica or Iris -- sambucina, garden iris or shelf iris, Iris variegata, variegated iris, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Yellow daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus), historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

(Ornithogalum umbellatum), diet-bird's milk, Ornithogalum pyramidale, Pyramid bird's milk, Forest yellow star (Gagea lutea), also common yellow star, common gold star

Daffodil, golden wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) (Narcissus aureus), gold-tazet, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Alpine squill (Scilla bifolia), also star hyacinth, two-leaved scilla, garden hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), common hyacinth, beautiful blue (Scilla amoena), also beautiful star hyacinth

Gold brocade crocus, Crocus angustifolius, also narrow-leaved crocus or gold lacquer crocus, Balkan crocus, silver lacquer crocus, Crocus versicolor, alpine crocus, spring crocus, Crocus vernus

English iris (Iris latifolia), or Pyrenean iris, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Small grape hyacinth (Muscari botryoides), Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the period

Grass iris, also grass-leaved flag (Iris graminea), grass iris and yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus), Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of an original from the period

Narcissus contemplating his reflection in the water, in Greek mythology a beautiful youth who rejected the love of others and fell in love with his own reflection

Danae and the Golden Shower, Golden Rain, Danae, in Greek mythology the daughter of Acrisius, mistress of Zeus, Painting by Orazio Gentileschi, Historical

Medicine, Anatomy, Moving part of the iris during eye surgery, 1865, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Apollo (Hyacinthus) in Greek and Roman mythology the god of light, spring, moral purity and temperance as well as divination and the arts, and, Hyakinthos, in Greek mythology a son of Amyklas

Botany, plants, various forms of hyacinth (Hyacinthus), a. flores variorum colorum, b. stellaris praecose bifolius, star flower, c. stellaris minor flare incarnato, d

Botany, plants, various forms of the garden hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Botany, plants, various forms of the hyacinth (Hyacinthus) maximus (orientalis), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Botany, plants, various forms of hyacinth (Hyacinthus) indicus tuberosus tuberose, b. Hyacinthus indicus tuberosus flore pleno, c. Hyacinthus belgarum flore pleno, d

Botany, plants, various forms of the hyacinth (Hyacinthus) calamistratus, comosus, vernus botryoides, botryoides minor, moschatus, Historical

Botany (Hyacinthus) plants, a. Horminum peregrinum foliis, dragons mouth, b. Horminum sativum coma rubra, syn, Salvia colorata, Horminum coloratum, annual clary (Salvia horminum), variegated sage, c

Botany, blood lilly (Haemanthus) africanus syn. Narcissus indicus serpentarius, Amaryllis, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Botany, Plants, Gladiolus, various wild gladioli, Gladiolus, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Series of pictures Flower Girl I. 1883, Paris, Girl with Lily of the Valley, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Medicinal plant, Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) is a species of plant from the species-poor genus Convallaria in the asparagus family, Historic

Medicinal plant, saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Medicinal plant, Aloe succotrina is a species of plant in the genus Aloes in the subfamily Affodilidae, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Medicinal plant, German iris (Iris -- germanica), Knight's iris, Blue iris and Real iris, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Medicinal plant, dalmatian iris (Iris pallida), also Pale Iris or Dalmatian Iris, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Medicinal plant, German iris (Iris -- germanica), also knight's iris, blue iris and true iris, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Medicinal plant, lesser butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia), also white wood hyacinth or white wood hyacinth, is a species of the genus wood hyacinth, Historic

Advertisement of the company Georg Dralle, Parfuemerie, Hamburg, for Prinzess Maigloeckchen perfume, 1890, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Grape Hyacinth, Muscaria var monstrosum, Muscaria Comosum, tassel hyacinth (Muscari comosum) or Crested Grape Hyacinth, Flower, Plant, Historic

Yucca filamentosa, Silk Grass. Feralds Yucca, Narrow Leaf-Yucca. Feathery Palm Lily, Flower, Plant, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Phormium Tenax, New Zealand Flax, New Zealand hemp. New Zealand flax, New Zealand flax, Plant, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Natal lily (Clivia miniata), bush lily, Kaffir lily. natal lily, Clivie, Flower, Plant, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

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Asparagales, a diverse order of flowering plants, encompasses a wide range of captivating species. Among them is the Narcissus tazetta, commonly known as the tazetta daffodil, which adds vibrant hues to heathlands and meadows. In February, even amidst snow-covered landscapes in Buckinghamshire, England, the delicate Snowdrop (Galanthus Sp. ) emerges as a solitary flower symbolizing hope and resilience. Eype Down showcases nature's masterpiece with an enchanting display of Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), harmoniously blending with Colmers Hill in the background. The Ophrys apifera or bee orchid captivates observers with its remarkable resemblance to a buzzing insect. The Cypripedium reginae or lady's slipper orchid stands tall and proud; also referred to as "pi, " it exudes elegance and grace. Angraecum sesquipedale from Madagascar astonishes with its long nectar spur that entices only one pollinator - Darwin's predicted moth. In contrast, the Cypripedium candidum displays small white lady's-slipper flowers delicately dotting their surroundings like pearls on green velvet. Beneath the surface lies another wonder: vegetable roots nourishing life above ground while remaining hidden from view. Heathlands provide sanctuary for various flora including Cypripedium calceolus or ladys slipper orchids that thrive in these unique habitats. These extraordinary flowers demand attention with their intricate shapes and vivid colors. Lastly, let us not forget about food plant bulbs – essential ingredients for our culinary delights. Asparagales includes numerous edible species whose bulbs contribute to our gastronomic pleasures while simultaneously beautifying our gardens. From breathtaking blooms adorning landscapes to hidden treasures beneath the soil's surface, it offers an array of wonders waiting to be discovered by those who appreciate the beauty and diversity of the natural world.