NYBG 2022 New Species Review!
Every year, botanists describe hundreds of new plant, algal, fungal, and lichen…
Vanda
Vanda is a tropcial Asian and Australian orchid genus with 85 known…
Phalaenopsis
Phalaenopsis, the moth orchids, are perhaps the most commonly cultivated orchid. With…
Miltonia
Miltonia consists of 20 naturally occuring species and hybrids that are entirely…
Paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum is genus of slipper orchid found in tropical Asia, from eastern…
Cattleya
Cattleya is a genus of 129 tropcial American orchids distributed from Costa…
Dendrobium
With over 1,800 know species, Dendrobium is one of the 10 most…
Orchids in your Home!
Orchids are the largest plant family, with over 28,000 known species, and…
NAACP member J. E. Spingarn and the Clematis…
Joel Elias Spingarn (May 17, 1875 - July 26, 1939) was a…
Black Pepper: King of Spices
It’s hard to imagine entering a diner, sitting down on the shiny…
Carol Gracie: Interpreter of Nature's Stories
Women in ScienceWorks of ArtCollectors
A beloved member of the NYBG community for over 40 years, Carol…
The Ames–Britton Connection
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was not…
Botanical Ragtime
Artists find inspiration from an infinite number of sources, and many artists…
Cyanolichens
In this collection are some cyanolichens from the NYBG cryptogamic herbarium, some…
Chicita Culberson
In early March of this year Chicita Culberson, whose work has been…
Pilostyles
Upon first glance, this mounted specimen may seem nothing more than an…
Vanishing Lakes: Tulare Lake
The California Central Valley was once a matrix of riparian grasslands and…