--- title: "Reference library · Floreboard" url: https://floreboard.com/en/library/ language: en last_reviewed: 2026-10-10 publisher: Floreboard (芳华绘) --- # 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. [Browse the flower guide ›](https://floreboard.com/en/flowers/) ## 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. - [Phalaenopsis Blumemoth orchids · genus · 93 accepted species](https://floreboard.com/en/plants/phalaenopsis/) - [Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blumemoon orchid · species](https://floreboard.com/en/plants/phalaenopsis-amabilis/) - [Rosa L.roses · genus · 422 accepted species](https://floreboard.com/en/plants/rosa/) - [Rosa chinensis Jacq.China rose · species](https://floreboard.com/en/plants/rosa-chinensis/) - [Rosa rugosa Thunb.rugosa rose · species](https://floreboard.com/en/plants/rosa-rugosa/) ## 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. - [](https://floreboard.com/rose/plates/bm-284.jpg)Rosa semperflorens（正文） = Rosa chinensis Jacq.Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 284 · 1794, · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosa_semperflorens_Curtis.jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/rose/plates/les-roses-gallica-regalis.jpg)Rosa Gallica Regalis = Rosa gallica L.Les Roses · null · 1817–1824, Pierre-Joseph Redouté · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Redoute_-_Rosa_gallica_regalis.jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/rose/plates/les-roses-kamtschatica.jpg)Rosa Kamtschatica = Rosa rugosa Thunb.Les Roses · null · 1817–1824, Pierre-Joseph Redouté · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapuy,_after_Pierre-_Joseph_Redout%C3%A9_-_Kamtschatka_Rose_(Rosa_Kamtschatica),_from_Redout%C3%A9,_%22_Les_Roses%22,_Paris,_1817%E2%80%931824)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/rose/plates/rosarum-monographia-19.jpg)Rosa rugosaRosarum Monographia; or, A Botanical History of Roses · 19 · 1820, John Lindley · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosarum_monographia,_or,_A_botanical_history_of_roses_-_to_which_is_added_an_appendix,_for_the_use_of_cultivators,_in_which_the_most_remarkable_garden_varieties_are_systematically_arranged,_with_(14766631862).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/rose/plates/choix-122.jpg)Rosa Indica = Rosa chinensis Jacq.Choix des plus belles fleurs · 122 · 1827–1833, Pierre-Joseph Redouté · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Choix_des_plus_belles_fleurs_(Plate_122)_(7851507286).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/bm-4297.jpg)Phalaenopsis amabilisCurtis's Botanical Magazine · 4297 · 1847, Walter Hood Fitch · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalaenopsis_amabilis_-_Curtis%27_73_(Ser._3_no._3)_pl._4297_(1847).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/bm-5184.jpg)Phalaenopsis grandiflora = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilisCurtis's Botanical Magazine · 5184 · 1860, Walter Hood Fitch · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalaenopsis_amabilis_(as_Phalaenopsis_grandiflora)_-_Curtis%27_86_(Ser._3_no._16)_pl._5184_(1860).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/bm-5212.jpg)Phalaenopsis rosea = Phalaenopsis equestris (Schauer) Rchb.f.Curtis's Botanical Magazine · 5212 · 1860, Walter Hood Fitch · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalaenopsis_equestris_(as_Phalaenopsis_rosea)_-_Curtis%27_86_(Ser._3_no._16)_pl._5212_(1860).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/ih-10-348.jpg)Phalaenopsis schilleriana Reichb. f.L'Illustration horticole · 348 · 1863, P. Stroobant, L. Stroobant · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalaenopsis_schilleriana-Illustration_horticole_10-348_(1863).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/bm-5530.jpg)Phalaenopsis schillerianaCurtis's Botanical Magazine · 5530 · 1865, Walter Hood Fitch · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalaenopsis_schilleriana_-_Curtis%27_91_(Ser._3_no._21)_pl._5530_(1865).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/sc2-114.jpg)Phalaenopsis grandiflora（正文） = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilisA Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants · Pl. 114 · 1867, Walter Hood Fitch · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_second_century_of_orchidaceous_plants_(Pl_114)_BHL35712719.jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/oa-6-277.jpg)Phalaenopsis grandiflora = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilisThe Orchid Album · Pl. 277 · 1887, John Nugent Fitch · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Warner_%26_B.S._Williams_-_The_Orchid_Album_-_volume_06_-_plate_277_(1887).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/reichenbachia-1-11.jpg)Phalaenopsis grandiflora aurea = Phalaenopsis amabilis subsp. amabilisReichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described · Tab. 11 · 1888, Henry George Moon, Joseph Mansell · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Sander_-_Reichenbachia_I_plate_11_(1888)_-_Phalaenopsis_grandiflora_aurea.jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/reichenbachia-1-42.jpg)Phalaenopsis StuartianaReichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described · Tab. 42 · 1888, Henry George Moon, Joseph Mansell · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Sander_-_Reichenbachia_I_plate_42_(1888)_-_Phalaenopsis_stuartiana.jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/reichenbachia-2-2-68.jpg)Phalaenopsis Sanderiana, Phalaenopsis intermedia Portei = Phalaenopsis × intermedia Lindl.Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described · Tab. 68 · 1892–1894, Henry George Moon, Joseph Mansell · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reichenbachia_-_Second_Series_vol._2_(TAB._68).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/rose/plates/favourite-flowers-73.jpg)Rosa rugosa（Wrinkled Rose）Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse · Pl. 73 · 1896, · [scan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Favourite_flowers_of_garden_and_greenhouse_(Pl._73)_(7789127258).jpg) - [](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/plates/java-atlas-416-417.jpg)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](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Die_Orchideen_von_Java_-_fig._416-417_(1912).jpg) 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. - [Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis)蝴蝶兰 · 蝴蝶兰系统知识库](https://floreboard.com/phalaenopsis/) - [Cymbidium hybrids大花蕙兰 · 大花蕙兰知识库](https://floreboard.com/cymbidium/) - [Cymbidium faberi (Chinese orchid)蕙兰（国兰） · 蕙兰知识库](https://floreboard.com/huilan/) - [Roses (Rosa)月季 · 月季知识库](https://floreboard.com/rose/)