Barkerai spectabilis Maxim Gauci after Sarah Anne Drake
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Barkerai spectabilis
Botanical illustration of Barkerai spectabilis or the shewy Barkerai orchid. A single specimen showing a cluster of thick stems, segmented and sheathed, with a pair or broad dark green leaves issuing from the top. A raceme emerges bearing a handful of large flowers, pinkish purple in colour with deep red spot markings on the lip.
Inscribed 'Pl.33 , Miss Drake delt. BARKERAI SPECTABILIS. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1842. Printed by P. Gauci.'
Plate 33 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-21577
- ©The Royal Society
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