William Henry Nicholls

Australian botanist (1885–1951).

William Henry Nicholls (23 July 1885 – 10 March 1951) was an Australian amateur botanist, authority on, and collector of Australian orchids. An accomplished photographer and watercolourist, he contributed almost 100 articles on orchids to The Victorian Naturalist, many of which described new species with line drawings. He was working on producing a 24-volume illustrated monograph of all the orchids of Australia when he died. Only four volumes were published shortly after his death but the entire work was published in a single book, Orchids of Australia in 1969. Some of the many orchids describ

Abbreviations: Nicholls
Occupations: orchidologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Australia
Dates: 1885-07-23T00:00:00Z – 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Ballarat
Direct attributions: 39 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 54 plants, 0 fungi

39 plants attributed, 15 plants contributed to54 plants:

Drymoanthus (Midget Orchids) Nicholls 1943
plant genus in the orchidaceae family
Drymoanthus, commonly known as midget orchids is a genus of epiphytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are relatively small and unbranched with thick roots, narrow crowded leaves and small scented green flowers with a white labellum. There are four species, found in Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Bulbophyllum globuliforme (Green Bead Orchid) Nicholls 1938
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Bulbophyllum globuliforme, commonly known as the green bead orchid, miniature moss-orchid or hoop pine orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid with tiny spherical pseudobulbs, scale-like leaves and small cream-coloured flowers with a yellow labellum. It grows on the scaly bark of hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii), mostly on the McPherson Range on the New South Wales/Queensland border in eastern Australia. Because of its small size it is often dismissed as moss.
Diuris brevissima Fitzg. ex Nicholls 1942
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Diuris brevissima is a species of orchid which is endemic to New South Wales. It has two folded leaves and up to nine light yellow flowers with reddish-brown markings. It is a poorly known species that has only been recorded in the Blue Mountains.
Caladenia radiata (Ray Spider Orchid) Nicholls 1949
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia radiata, commonly known as the ray spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single erect, hairy leaf and one or two green, yellow and red flowers. It flowers more profusely after fire and grows in swampy areas, sometimes flowering whilst in water.
Thelymitra × irregularis (Crested Sun Orchid) Nicholls 1946
plant hybrid species in the orchidaceae family
Thelymitra irregularis, usually known as Thelymitra × irregularis by Australian authorities, and commonly called the crested sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single tapering, dark green leaf and up to eight bright rose pink flowers with darker spots and an irregular yellow crest on top of the anther. It is a natural hybrid between T. ixioides and either T. carnea or T. rubra.
Cryptostylis hunteriana (Leafless Tongue Orchid) Nicholls 1938
perennial plant species in the orchidaceae family
Cryptostylis hunteriana, commonly known as the leafless tongue-orchid is a flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south eastern Australia. It is leafless but has up to ten green flowers with a more or less erect, dark reddish brown labellum.
Caladenia magniclavata (Big Clubbed Spider Orchid) Nicholls 1947
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia magniclavata, commonly known as big clubbed spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf, and up to three pale yellow-green and red flowers with downswept, prominently clubbed sepals and petals.
Caladenia ferruginea (Rusty Spider Orchid) Nicholls 1947
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia ferruginea, commonly known as the rusty spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to four rust-coloured flowers with a white, red-tipped labellum.
Caladenia ensata (Stumpy Spider Orchid) Nicholls 1947
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia ensata, commonly known as the stumpy spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a common orchid within its natural range and has a single, hairy leaf and up to three pale yellow and red flowers which have short but thick, fleshy glandular tips.
Caladenia echidnachila (Fawn Spider Orchid) Nicholls 1933
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia echidnachila, commonly known as the fawn spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a ground orchid with a single, hairy leaf and one or two fawn-coloured flowers with thin red lines on the sepals and petals.
Caladenia caudata (Tailed Spider-orchid) Nicholls 1948
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Caladenia caudata, commonly known as tailed spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a ground orchid with a single hairy leaf and up to four red, or yellow and red flowers with dark red to almost black tips.
Thelymitra holmesii (Blue Star Sun Orchid) Nicholls 1932
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Thelymitra holmesii, commonly called the blue star sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single long, narrow, fleshy leaf and up to nine purplish blue to mauve flowers with a deeply notched lobe on top of the anther.
Pterostylis tenuissima (Swamp Greenhood) Nicholls 1950
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Pterostylis tenuissima, commonly known as swamp greenhood, is a species of orchid endemic to the southern mainland of Australia. As with similar greenhoods, the flowering plants differ from those which are not flowering. The non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves flat on the ground but the flowering plants have a single flower with leaves on the flowering spike. This greenhood has small translucent white flowers with dark green stripes and markings and both the dorsal sepal and lateral sepals have relatively long, thread-like tips.
Pterostylis hildae (Rainforest Greenhood) Nicholls 1937
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Pterostylis hildae, commonly known as rainforest greenhood, is a species of orchid found in eastern Australia. It has a rosette of leaves and when flowering a rosette at the base of a flowering stem with a single green, white and brown flower. It is found in wet forests, including rainforest in New South Wales and Queensland.
Pterostylis hamiltonii (Red-veined Shell Orchid) Nicholls 1933
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Pterostylis hamiltonii, commonly known as the red-veined shell orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. As with similar orchids, the flowering plants differ from those which are not flowering. The non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves but the flowering plants lack a rosette and have a single flower with leaves on the flowering spike. This greenhood has a green and white, striped flower with reddish-brown markings and forms colonies, sometimes of thousands of plants.
Pterostylis fischii (Fisch's Greenhood) Nicholls 1950
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Pterostylis fischii, commonly known as Fisch's greenhood, is a species of orchid endemic to south-eastern Australia. As with similar greenhoods, the flowering plants differ from those which are not flowering. The non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves flat on the ground but the flowering plants have a single flower with leaves on the flowering spike. This greenhood has tawny-coloured flowers, a dorsal sepal with a long thread-like tip and a labellum which is hidden inside the flower.
Prasophyllum subbisectum (Pomonal Leek Orchid) Nicholls 1936
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum subbisectum, commonly known as the Pomonal leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Victoria. It has a single, thin tubular leaf and up to fifteen small, greenish-brown to brown flowers well-spaced along a thin flowering stem. It is only known from a small area around Stawell.
Prasophyllum morganii (Cobungra Leek Orchid) Nicholls 1930
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum morganii, commonly known as the Cobungra leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a small area in Victoria. It has a single tubular leaf and up to eighty greenish flowers with purplish markings. Before being rediscovered in 2020, the plant had last been seen in 1933 and was presumed extinct.
Calochilus richae (Calochilus Richiae) Nicholls 1929
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Calochilus richiae, commonly known as the bald-tip beard orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a small area in Victoria. It is a rare species, discovered in 1928 but not seen again until 1968 and its numbers are in decline. It has a single dark green leaf and up to five reddish brown flowers with darker stripes and a labellum with short, spiky, purplish "hairs".
Thelymitra merraniae (Merran's Sun Orchid) Nicholls 1929
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Thelymitra × merraniae, commonly known as Merran's sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It has a single tapering, fleshy, channelled, dark green leaf and up to six dark blue to purplish flowers. It is a possibly a natural hybrid but its parentage is uncertain.
Prasophyllum parviflorum (Slender Leek Orchid) (R.S.Rogers) Nicholls 1941
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum parviflorum, commonly known as the slender leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Victoria. It has a single tubular leaf and up to thirty greenish-brown to purplish flowers. Further studies of the species may indicate that some collections currently included may be of a different species.
Prasophyllum pallidum (Pale Leek Orchid) Nicholls 1933
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum pallidum, commonly known as the pale leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a south-eastern South Australia. It has a single tubular leaf and up to thirty green or yellowish-green flowers. It was previously thought to occur in Victoria but records from that state are now recognised as P. roseum.
Prasophyllum gracillimum (Slender Leek Orchid) Nicholls 1948
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum gracillimum, commonly known as the slender leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a small region of Western Australia. It has a single tubular green leaf, and green, brown and white flowers loosely arranged along the flowering stem. This species has not been seen for more than fifty years and is considered by some botanists to be a form of P. fimbria.
Prasophyllum diversiflorum (Gorae Leek Orchid) Nicholls 1942
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum brevilabre, commonly known as the Gorae leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to south-western Victoria. It has a single tubular, green leaf and up to forty greenish-brown flowers with reddish markings. It is a very rare orchid, now only known from two small, scattered populations. It was first recorded from Gorae West near Portland but is no longer found there.
Prasophyllum concinnum (Trim Leek Orchid) Nicholls 1948
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Prasophyllum concinnum, commonly known as the trim leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Tasmania. It has a single tubular leaf and green or yellowish-green flowers with brown markings. It was not seen after 1947, presumed to have gone extinct and listed as "rare" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 but was rediscovered in 1992. Flowering of this orchid is dramatically stimulated by summer fires and the species is now known to be widespread in the state and has been removed from the Act.
Drymoanthus minutus (Green Midget Orchid) Nicholls 1943
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Drymoanthus minutus, commonly known as green midget orchid, is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms small clumps with many thick roots emerging from a thin, erect stem. Between two and five dark green, leathery leaves are arranged along the stem and up to seven minute green to yellowish, star-shaped flowers are arranged on a stiff flowering stem. The sepals and petals are similar to each other and there is a fleshy white, unlobed labellum. This orchid occurs in northern Queensland where it grows in rainforest, usually at higher altitudes.
Caladenia × ericksoniae Nicholls 1950
plant hybrid species in the orchidaceae family
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Phreatia crassiuscula (Plexaure Crassiuscula) Nicholls 1945
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Plexaure crassiuscula, commonly known as green caterpillar orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is an epiphyte or lithophyte with three to six fleshy, channelled leaves in a fan-like arrangement. Up to sixty tiny white, cream-coloured or greenish flowers are arranged along a curved flowering stem. It is endemic to tropical North Queensland.
Caladenia × variabilis Nicholls 1950
plant hybrid species in the orchidaceae family
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Nicotiana × flindersiensis Nicholls 1936
plant hybrid species in the solanaceae family
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