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Botanical illustrator Stella Ross Craig is known for her skilled line drawings such as this Rosa tomentosa from her magnum opus 'Drawings of British Plants' - a series to which she dedicated 25 years. See other examples of her work in Kew's Library display, open Tues-Wed 10.00-4.00, until 21st May.
Flora, Dissected:
The Botanical Illustrations of Stella Ross-Craig, from Britain and Beyond
Visit our display showcasing original material from Kew’s Library and Archives:
10 February – 21 May 2026
Library & Archives Reading Room
Tuesday & Wednesday
10am – 4pm
No booking required.
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🎨Stella Ross-Craig (1906-2006) is known for her skilled line drawings such as this Rosa tomentosa from her work 'Drawings of British Plants' - a series to which she dedicated 25 years! Keen to see other examples of her drawings in Kew's Library display? Details on the display below 👇 #KewLA
Orchids are still being discovered 🌸 A newly described miniature species, Telipogon choquequiraoense, shows why taxonomy matters: you can’t protect what you can’t properly document 🧪
🌎 Dig into the details: diagnostic features, comparisons & figures are in the paper here: https://ow.ly/loZl50Y9qOL
Mycologists have been expressing their love for fungi in publications for centuries! Here is a compilation of just a few of the fantastic descriptors the Fungarium Sequencing Project Team have found mycologists using when describing species for the first time.
This 19th Century watercolour of the Chinese orchid Vanda concolor from Kew's Library is thought to have been illustrated by an unrecorded Chinese artist.
See spectacular examples of live orchids on show as part of our Orchid Festival at Kew: 7 February - 8 March 2026 👉 www.kew.org/kew-gardens/...
🎉 Today is Darwin’s birthday! This is an actual wild tomato plant that he collected, over 180 years ago! 🍅
We have millions of specimens like these in our collection, but did you know you can now see them on our new Data Portal, for free!? 👇
👉 https://ow.ly/2ZuW50YcG4Z
#DarwinDay
💘 Love at first Type
Over the past two years, the Fungarium Sequencing Project team have analysed thousands of beautiful fungal Type specimens - the original references used to describe a species.
This #ValentinesDay, we’re sharing one very special Type, from us to you 🍄💖
