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Image number: RS.21580
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‘Coryanthes speciosa var.’
Date
1842
Creator
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 Coryanthes speciosa or the bat orchid. Depicting a cluster of pseudo-bulbs sheathed in fibrous membrane and growing both horizontally and vertically form the centre. Two large leaves issue from the apex of the bulbs and two pendulous scapes emerges from the base bearing a handful of medium sized flowers. The unusual flowers comprise of large yellow and purple sepals which are folded back like bat wings. The petals are small and spotted with deep red markings and the lip is cup like in shape, orange and purple in colour with more spotted markings inside.
Inscribed ‘Pl.36 , Miss Drake, delt. CORYANTHES SPECIOSA. .VAR. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1842. Printed by P. Gauci.’
Plate 36 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.36 , Miss Drake, delt. CORYANTHES SPECIOSA. .VAR. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, July 1842. Printed by P. Gauci.’
Plate 36 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.