Oncidium wentworthaninum Maxim Gauci after Augusta Innes Withers
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Oncidium wentworthaninum
Botanical illustration of Oncidium wentworthaninum or Earl Fitzwilliam's Oncidium orchid. Depicting a single specimen with a cluster of five pseudobulbs, small, dark green and marked with horizontal stripes. Dark green glossy leaves issue from the apex of the bulbs as well as the base, along with two scapes which have been cut off. A single flowering stem has been placed over the composition, long and arching and bearing many small yellow flowers along its length. The flowers are open and spotted with deep purple.
Inscribed 'Pl.39 , Mrs Withers, delt. ONCIDIUM WENTWORTHAINUM. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, March 1843. Printed by P. Gauci.'
Plate 39 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-21583
- ©The Royal Society
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