Phragmipedium longifolium var. longifolium, orchid native to Costa Rica and Ecuador. Discovered by Benedikt Roezl on the banks of the river Dagua, Columbia. Raised by Messrs. Veitch and Son nursery, Chelsea. As Cypripedium roezlii. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Worthington George Smith from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 3, L. Reeve, London, 1874. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.

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