Reference library

Reference material for florists and plant lovers: a flower guide for quick answers, historic botanical plates, and in-depth libraries by plant group. Every page cites its sources.

Flower guide

120 cut flowers, foliage and branches: botanical name, vase life, season, meaning, care and pet safety.

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Plant reference pages

Genus and species pages: accepted name and authorship, place of publication, synonyms, subspecies, native range, historic plates and database links, checked against WCVP. Currently in English and Chinese.

Historic botanical plates

17 plates from European florilegia, 1794–1912. Artists and printers transcribed from each plate's imprint; the name printed on the plate is kept and matched to the current accepted name.

Rosa semperflorens（正文） = Rosa chinensis Jacq.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 284 · 1794
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Rosa Gallica Regalis = Rosa gallica L.
Les Roses · null · 1817–1824
Pierre-Joseph Redouté · scan
Rosa Kamtschatica = Rosa rugosa Thunb.
Les Roses · null · 1817–1824
Pierre-Joseph Redouté · scan
Rosa rugosa
Rosarum Monographia; or, A Botanical History of Roses · 19 · 1820
John Lindley · scan
Rosa Indica = Rosa chinensis Jacq.
Choix des plus belles fleurs · 122 · 1827–1833
Pierre-Joseph Redouté · scan
Phalaenopsis amabilis
Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 4297 · 1847
Walter Hood Fitch · scan
Phalaenopsis grandiflora = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis
Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 5184 · 1860
Walter Hood Fitch · scan
Phalaenopsis rosea = Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.f.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 5212 · 1860
Walter Hood Fitch · scan
Phalaenopsis schilleriana Reichb. f.
L'Illustration horticole · 348 · 1863
P. Stroobant, L. Stroobant · scan
Phalaenopsis schilleriana
Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 5530 · 1865
Walter Hood Fitch · scan
Phalaenopsis grandiflora（正文） = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis
A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants · Pl. 114 · 1867
Walter Hood Fitch · scan
Phalaenopsis grandiflora = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis
The Orchid Album · Pl. 277 · 1887
John Nugent Fitch · scan
Phalaenopsis grandiflora aurea = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilis
Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described · Tab. 11 · 1888
Henry George Moon, Joseph Mansell · scan
Phalaenopsis Stuartiana
Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described · Tab. 42 · 1888
Henry George Moon, Joseph Mansell · scan
Phalaenopsis Sanderiana
Phalaenopsis intermedia Portei = Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl.
Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described · Tab. 68 · 1892–1894
Henry George Moon, Joseph Mansell · scan
Rosa rugosa（Wrinkled Rose）
Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse · Pl. 73 · 1896
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Phalaenopsis amabilis Bl.
Phalaenopsis Hebe Rchb. f. = Phalaenopsis deliciosa Rchb.f.
Die Orchideen von Java, Figuren-Atlas · fig. CDXVI–CDXVII · 1912
Johannes Jacobus Smith, M. Kromohardjo · scan

Scans from the Biodiversity Heritage Library and Botanicus via Wikimedia Commons; all in the public domain. Current names checked in GBIF and Catalogue of Life, pending specialist review.

In-depth topic libraries (in Chinese)

4 systematic references by plant group — botany, cultivation, conditioning, floristry use and standards, each article cited. Currently written in Chinese.