Dracula nycterina orchid, native to Colombia. Flowered by William Bull at his Chelsea nursery. As Masdevallia chimaera, discovered by orchid collector Benedikt Roezl. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Worthington George Smith from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 4, L. Reeve, London, 1875. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

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