Laelia marginata orchid. Sent by explorer Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk to Mrs Marryat from Suriname. Crisp-flowered schomburgkia, Schomburgkia crispa. 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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