Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21551
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‘Catasetum maculatum’
Date
1837
Creator
Maxim Gauci (1774 - 1854, Italian) , Lithographer
Creator - Organisation
J Ridgway & Sons, Publisher
After
Sarah Anne Drake (1803 - 1857, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
26846
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 580mm
width (print): 430mm
width (print): 430mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Botanical illustration of Catasetum maculatum, the spotted Catasetum orchid. Depicted as a single specimen with a cluster of pseudobulbs, roots and broad corrugated leaves. A single scape bearing 8 flowers with green spotted petals. Details of the column (gynostemium) are shown at fig.1 and fig.2.
Inscribed ‘Pl.2, Miss Drake del. CATASETUM MACULATUM. M. Gauci, lith, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe. Pubd. By J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1, 1837.'
Plate 2 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.
Inscribed ‘Pl.2, Miss Drake del. CATASETUM MACULATUM. M. Gauci, lith, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe. Pubd. By J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1, 1837.'
Plate 2 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.