Mariko Imai

Japan

Born 1942

Mariko Imai was awarded an RHS Gold Medal in 1996 and has had her work on the cover of the RHS Japan Magazine. In 1997, she went to live in a small village in the north of Honshu where she started to grow her own vegetables and cultivate a collection of Asarum. She hopes to produce and illustrate a monograph of the genus.

Works by Mariko Imai in the collection

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Nepenthes maxima superba
Nepenthes maxima superba

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Nepenthes rafflesiana
Nepenthes rafflesiana

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Nepenthes truncata
Nepenthes truncata

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Nepenthes ventricosa
Nepenthes ventricosa

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Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia purpurea

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Seeds of Ebine or Japanese Wild Orchid Troubled Tree or Insect Bitten Tree Seeds of Morning Glory

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Asarum minamitanianum

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Asarum caulescens

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Asarum blumei

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Asarum senkakuinsulare

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Asarum muramatsui
Asarum muramatsui

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Aeginetia indica L.
Aeginetia indica L.

 

Dr. Shirley Sherwood Presents: Nepenthes Maxima Superba by Mariko Imai

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This is the stunning Nepenthes Maxima Superba by Japanese artist Mariko Imai who has 12 paintings in the Shirley Sherwood Collection. This one is currently hanging in the entrance hall of Shirley's son's family home and is much admired by all.