Lewis Roberts (naturalist)

Lewis Roberts. Photo by Jan Howard, 2007.
The Mystery Orchid, Cooktownia robertsii, discovered and illustrated by Lewis Roberts
The Striped Snake Orchid, Serpenticaulis bowkettiae, previously Bulbophyllum bowketiae. Illustration by Lewis Roberts.

Lewis Roberts, OAM, (born 1950) is a distinguished naturalist and botanical illustrator. Lewis and his brother, Charlie Roberts, are probably the leading experts on the flora and fauna of south-eastern part Cape York Peninsula and the northern Wet Tropics area. For three generations his family has lived at Shipton's Flat, about 45 km south of Cooktown, where he and Charlie were home-schooled. His father, Jack Lewis, was a tin miner and self-taught naturalist.