Purple orchid tree or poor man's orchid (Bauhinia purpurea)

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Purple orchid tree or poor man's orchid (Bauhinia purpurea) Handcolored copperplate engraving by Majoli from John Hill's "Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants" (1786). It had first been published in London in 1773. The new edition had 10 hand-coloured botanical plates by P. Maioli (Majoli) engraved by Giuseppe Bianchi and depicted unusual plants such as carnivorous pitcher plants and Venus flytraps for the first time.

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Size: 2560px × 3560px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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