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Image number: RS.21558
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‘Laelia autumnalis’
Date
1838
Creator
Creator - Organisation
J Ridgway & Sons, Publisher
After
Augusta Innes Withers (1792 - 1877, 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 Laelia autumnalis or the autumn-flowering Laelia orchid. Depicted as a large cluster of pseudo-bulbs with papery membranes. Thin glossy leaves emerge from the apex of the bulbs along with the scape forming bracts which bear a few large open flowers with pointed pinkish-purple petals and red tipped lips. One stem is cut and placed at the front of the composition, while another is not yet in flower. The old bulbs are shrivelled in appearance and a tangle of green tipped roots at the base.
Inscribed ‘Pl.9, Mrs. Withers, delt. LAELIA AUTUMNALIS. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, March 1, 1838. Printed by P. Gauci, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe.
Pate 9 fromThe 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.9, Mrs. Withers, delt. LAELIA AUTUMNALIS. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, March 1, 1838. Printed by P. Gauci, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe.
Pate 9 fromThe 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.