Peacock plant, Calathea makoyana

Peacock plant or cathedral windows, Calathea makoyana. As Maranta makoyana (Bull) or Maranta olivaris. Named after Mr Makoy of Liege. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Worthington George Smith from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 2, L. Reeve, London, 1873. Clergyman gardener Dombrain (1818-1905) edited the Floral Magazine from 1862 to 1873

Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Exotic Plant Floral Magazine Gardener Henry Honywood Dombrain Horticulture L. Reeve Lithographed New Series Vincent Brooks Volume 2 Worthington George Smith

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