Windward Orchid Society
  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
    • Links
    • WOS Bylaws
  • Forms
  • Join WOS
  • News/Events
  • Calendar
  • Culture Sheets
    • General Orchid Culture
    • Lecture Notes
  • Gallery
  • Orchids Unmasked
  • Orchid E.R.

News/Events

Journey Through the Natural Sciences in Hamilton Library’s Rare Book Collection

4/24/2019

 
On April 24, 2019, UH Manoa Hamilton Library held a presentation entitled, “Journey Through the Natural Sciences in Hamilton Library’s Rare Book Collection”.
 
Attendees were able to look through several rare books featuring beautifully illustrated plates of orchids, birds and other animals.
 
One of the presenters, Sheron Harwood, WOS President, captivated the audience with her knowledge of orchid history, diversity and culture.
 
The books from this rare collection dated from as early as 1587!
 
Of particular interest was a large, bound volume published from 1837-1843, The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatamala.
 
You can see from the picture of the Cattleya Skinneri with Sheron’s hand in it, just how immense this book was.
 
Other pictures are a Cycnoches Egertonianum, unusual in that it has male and female flowers and a Stanhopea Martiana, unique because the flower spikes grow down from the bottom.
 
The detail and accuracy of these hand-drawn prints were amazing, right down to bug bites on the stems.
 
~ Dawn Bonak
Picture
Presenter, Sheron Harwood, President , Windward Orchid Society
Picture
The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatamala 1837 - 1843
Picture
Cattleya Skinneri & Sheron's Hand
Picture
Cycnoches Egertonianum

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    March 2020
    November 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    March 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017

Meetings

The Windward Orchid Society meets at
​7:00 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month (except June & December) at the
King Intermediate School Cafeteria, located at 
46-155 Kamehameha Hwy. in Kaneohe.

Become a member

​Join the Windward Orchid Society to help promote, educate and show an appreciation of one of the most beautiful and exotic of all plants. The Orchid.
Join WOS Today!
Mail In
Online

© Copyright 2017, Windward Orchid Society, Inc., a non-profit organization.
​Website Designed by Highgauge.com


​Website Log-in    
  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
    • Links
    • WOS Bylaws
  • Forms
  • Join WOS
  • News/Events
  • Calendar
  • Culture Sheets
    • General Orchid Culture
    • Lecture Notes
  • Gallery
  • Orchids Unmasked
  • Orchid E.R.