Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor
Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor. Native to Mexico, Central America, and Southern America. Found in the Salama mountains of Guatemala by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg, sent to the garden of the Horticultural Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, continued by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1844
Picture No
14009641
Media ID
46670678
Size
4405px x 7139px
(4.7MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Sarah Drake
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1844 Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Botanical Register Central America Female Artist Garden Flowers George Barclay George Edwards Guatemala Horticultural Society James Ridgway John Lindley Karl Theodor Hartweg Miss Drake Orchid Plant Hunter Sarah Drake Shrub Woman Artist
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