Spider orchid
Drawing donated by Clarice Cresswell, Richard Cresswell’s granddaughter. 'Ophrys Aranifera Spider Orchis Bulbs round. Stem leafy. Lip convex. This is the rarest of the insect bearing Orchi[d]aea. Flowering in May.’
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 19/1927/1/42
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- watercolour and ink on paper
- Common Name
- spider orchid
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- HERB. MUS. EXON CRESSWELL COLLECTION 19/1927; 11; 'Ophrys Aranifera Spider Orchis Bulbs round. Stem leafy. Lip convex. This is the rarest of the insect bearing Orchi[d]aea. Flowering in May.’
- Production Person Surname
- anon
