Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.21582
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‘Lælia superbiens’
Date
1843
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 Lælia superbiens or the gorgeous Lælia orchid. Depicting a single specimen with three long pseudobulbs, segmented and sheathed in papery membrane. A pair of leaves issue form the apex of bulbs and a single flower stem, which has been cut from the main plant, is positions in the centre of the composition. The bract supports numerous soft pink flowers bunched closely together, with elongated sepals and petals with a slightly funnelled lip with deep yellow centre. The illustration is partially coloured.
Inscribed ‘Pl.38 , Miss Drake, delt. LAELIA SUPERBIENS. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, March 1843. Printed by P. Gauci.’
Plate 38 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.38 , Miss Drake, delt. LAELIA SUPERBIENS. M. Gauci, lith. Pubd. by J Ridgway & Sons, 169 Piccadilly, March 1843. Printed by P. Gauci.’
Plate 38 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.