Umbrella epidendrum orchid, Epidendrum umbelliferum. Native to the Caribbean and Jamaica, introduced by Vice-Admiral William Bligh, raised by nurseryman George Loddiges. Umbelled epidendrum, Epidendrum umbellatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by an unknown artist from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, edited by John Sims, London, 1819.

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