During the Great Depression, my grandfather, Henry Queensborough Levy (H.Q.) was out of work and he turned to painting water colours of Jamaican Orchids and fruits and vegetables. After his death in 1957, the collection was donated to the Institute of Jamaica (National Library) except for some reserved to the family. This arrangement is made from those held by the family. While all the orchids were grown in Jamaica very few of those shown here are Jamaican species (only Oncidium pulchellum). Most are from Southeast Asia and Sobralia xantholenca comes from Central America
Vanda teres
Vanda coerulescens
Dendrobium crumenatum
Coelogene pandurata
Dendrobium findlayanum
Oncidium pulcheleum
Sobralia xantholenca
Aeridovanda MundyiI, Aerides vandarum x Vanda teres
Cattleya Enidson (C. Enid x C. harrisoniana
Dendrobium nobile var. virginale
Dendrobium formosum var. giganteum
Dendrobium Louis Bleriot Den. schroederianum x Den. superbiens
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