Cattleya skinneri by Maxim Gauci after Augusta Innes Withers

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Cattleya skinneri

Botanical illustration of Cattleya skinneri or Mr. Skinner's Cattleya orchid. Single specimen of four pseudo-bulbous stems jointed and covered with papery membrane. Two glossy oblong leaves issue from the top of the stem around a single raceme, protected by a spathe and bearing a cluster of deep pink flowers with darker funnel shaped lip with white throat. Two stems shown to have finished flowering with one leafless and shrivelled.

Inscribed 'Pl.13, Mrs. Withers, delt. CATTLEYA SKINNERI. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Septr. 1st, 1838. Printed by P. Gauci, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe.'

Pate 13 from The Orchidaceae of Mexico & Guatemala by James Bateman (London, 1843).

James Bateman (1811-1897), British horticulturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1838.

  • Image reference: RS-21562

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