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Image number: RS.21560
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‘Epidendrum stamfordianum’
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 Epidendrum stamfordianum or Lord Stamford’s Epidendrum orchid. A single specimen depicted as a cluster of long rhizomated stems bearing two or three glossy oblong leaves. Two flower spikes grow from the base of the stems with a raceme bearing many flowers at the end. The petals are open and pointed, yellow with dark reddish-brown markings, the lips have three lobes and are white with the central lobe yellow with red spots. A detail of the lip shape can be seen in the lower-left hand side as viewed.
Inscribed ‘Pl.11, Mrs. Withers, delt. EPIDENDRUM STAMFORDIANUM. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Septr. 1st, 1838. Printed by P. Gauci, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe.'
Pate 11 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.11, Mrs. Withers, delt. EPIDENDRUM STAMFORDIANUM. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Septr. 1st, 1838. Printed by P. Gauci, 9 North Crescent, Bedford Sqe.'
Pate 11 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.