Laelia majalis Maxim Gauci after Augusta Innes Withers
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Laelia majalis
Botanical illustration of
Laelia majalis or the Mayflower orchid. Depicting a specimen with a cluster of pseudo-bulbs rooted to a branch, some are shown with a papery membrane and some with a pair of green leaves. A single upright scape bearing three large pink striped flowers issues from the base of the bulbs. The petals are folded back and the lip has three lobes with the top folded around the column, white with pink edges and speckled with a deeper mauve. A detail of the lip can be seen in the lower left-hand corner.
Inscribed 'Pl.23, Mrs Withers delt. LAELIA MAJALIS M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway &Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Septr. 1840. Printed by P. Gauci.'
Plate 23 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-21567
- ©The Royal Society
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