Oncidium ornithorhynchum Maxim Gauci after Sarah Anne Drake
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Oncidium ornithorhynchum
Botanical illustration of Oncidium ornithorhynchum or dove orchid. Depicted as a single specimen with three elliptic leaves emerging from a cluster of pseudobulbs. Two arching panicles with numerous branches bearing lots of small rosy-lilac flowers with orange crest. A magnified detail of the flower at fig.1.
Inscribed 'Pl.4, Miss Drake del. ONCIDIUM ORNITHORHYNCHUM. M. Gauci, lith, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe. Pubd. By J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1, 1837.'
Plate 3 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-21553
- ©The Royal Society
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