CeylonSri Lanka, Botanical portrait of a comet orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale). Printed caption: SCOWEN & Co. ANGRAECUM manuscript caption: Angraecum Sesquipedale. Ceylon, circa 1885. 2003/071/1/1/2/24.

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A comet orchid, Sri Lanka

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