Orchid Specimen | Miniature Botanical Artwork Print

A miniature original artwork featuring an orchid, drawn by hand using coloured inks and coloured pencil.

Inspired by Victorian plant collectors and botanical cabinets, this piece celebrates the unusual forms and intricate details that make orchids among nature's most fascinating curiosities. Every petal, marking and curve has been carefully observed and rendered at miniature scale.

Part of the Collected Curiosities series of botanical and natural history-inspired artworks.

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Orchids traditionally symbolise beauty, refinement, admiration and rare treasures.

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In the language of flowers, dahlias are often associated with strength, elegance and enduring kindness.

About the Collection

Collected Curiosities is inspired by a lifelong love of nature, old bottles, forgotten treasures and botanical curiosities. Each artwork explores the beauty of overlooked details and the quiet stories held by ordinary things, celebrating the objects we collect, keep and treasure.

Drawn by hand using black and coloured inks, graphite and coloured pencil, these miniature artworks are inspired by natural history collections, botanical specimens and treasured objects. Each piece is created to feel discovered, collected and quietly precious.

Reproduced on acid-free archival paper.

Limited edition prints are signed and numbered by the artist as part of an edition of 30.

Created in South Africa by artist Mellissa Bushby.

Details

• Paper size: 6 × 6" / 15 × 15 cm
• Artwork size: approximately 3 × 3" / 8 × 8 cm
• Reproduced from my original hand-drawn artwork
• Printed and prepared with care in South Africa
• Unframed

Please Note

Colours may vary slightly between screens and printed artwork. Frames and props shown are for display purposes only and are not included.

This artwork is printed to order on archival textured paper using high-quality archival inks. Please allow 3–5 business days for production prior to shipping.