Crenate orchid cactus, Disocactus crenatus. Native from Mexico to Honduras. Sent from Honduras by plant hunter George Ure Skinner and flowered at Carclew, the garden of Sir Charles Lemon. Crenated torch thistle, Cereus crenatus. 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.

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