Epidendrum polyanthum Maxim Gauci after Sarah Anne Drake
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Epidendrum polyanthum
Botanical illustration of the Epidendrum polyanthumi or the many flowered Epidendrum orchid. Depicting three stems, segmented with leaves issuing alternately along its length, terminating with a long sheathed bract with several racemes bearing numerous small orange flowers. A detail of the lip and column in the lower right hand corner as viewed.
Inscribed 'Pl.34 , Miss Drake delt. EPIDENDRUM POLYANTHUM. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1842. Printed by P. Gauci.'
Plate 34 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-21578
- ©The Royal Society
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