Bordered dwarf cattleya or dwarf sophronitis orchid, Cattleya pumila. Imported from Brazil and raised by nurseryman George Loddiges. 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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