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Image number: RS.21570
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‘Sobralia decora’
Date
1841
Creator
Creator - Organisation
J Ridgway & Sons, Publisher
After
Miss Jane Edwards (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 Sobralia decora. Depicting a single specimen showing a large clump of tangled roots with upright stems bearing broad deeply ridged leaves and a single flower at the end. The flowers have pale pink sepals and petals and a trumpet shaped lip with dark mauve markings and yellow centre.
Inscribed ‘Pl.26, Miss Jane Edwards, delt. SOBRALIA DECORA. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Septr. 1841. Printed by P. Gauci.’
Plate 26 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.26, Miss Jane Edwards, delt. SOBRALIA DECORA. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, Septr. 1841. Printed by P. Gauci.’
Plate 26 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.