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I spent a little over an hour yesterday morning down at the Helen Fowler Library of the Denver Botanic Gardens. They have a really great general botanic library, but they also have a special collection rare and antique books, called the Waring Collection, which is not open to the public, but which they open during off hours to people who make special arrangements ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Anyway, yesterday, I took a look through Eleven volumes of Warner's "The Orchid Album", and took photos of all of the slipper species plates. If I had had more time, I would have done everything! I also glanced through one volume of Lindenia, but didn't take any pictures.
This time, I had to sign an agreement about using the photos on my website, so I don't know if they will make it up any time soon. But I thought I'd post a couple of the photos here for those of you who are interested in this sort of thing, as a preview. I believe that I took 30 photos or so. I took a few photos of hybrids, too ...
And some Phrags...
Obviously, I haven't corrected all of these for brightness/contrast and color balance yet... I hope to have all of them edited for the web within the next few days.
Next time I go down, I'm going to take a look at Lewis Castle's "Orchids: Their Structure, History and Culute", and (my personal favorite title of the lot) "On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilized by Insects" by Charles Darwin.
- Matt
Anyway, yesterday, I took a look through Eleven volumes of Warner's "The Orchid Album", and took photos of all of the slipper species plates. If I had had more time, I would have done everything! I also glanced through one volume of Lindenia, but didn't take any pictures.
This time, I had to sign an agreement about using the photos on my website, so I don't know if they will make it up any time soon. But I thought I'd post a couple of the photos here for those of you who are interested in this sort of thing, as a preview. I believe that I took 30 photos or so. I took a few photos of hybrids, too ...
![elliottianum.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ef7/ef7ff345e6afe58fc819f6b664842e4b.jpg)
![fairrieanum.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/795/795071bec8a78cee76959a275a41d867.jpg)
![insigne-albo-marginatum.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e89/e89192d668a922864cbed387e4ec0797.jpg)
![lowii.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0ea/0ea9ae7fe238e585af6a16cdd745f696.jpg)
![parishii.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a35/a351852642058cf93422f8a09924651c.jpg)
![stonei-peloric.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/121/1219446ea56ad9fbad8dfa5ce45e6326.jpg)
And some Phrags...
![wallisii.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/13c/13c88a424c5b956fea03abaf34c29147.jpg)
![calurum.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/43d/43d21c9cfeafa51a7c5a157bbb6dbd42.jpg)
Obviously, I haven't corrected all of these for brightness/contrast and color balance yet... I hope to have all of them edited for the web within the next few days.
Next time I go down, I'm going to take a look at Lewis Castle's "Orchids: Their Structure, History and Culute", and (my personal favorite title of the lot) "On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilized by Insects" by Charles Darwin.
- Matt