Captain Jenkins' dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium jenkinsii. Native to China, Himalayas and Indochina. Sent from Gualpara by East India Company agent and plant hunter Francis Jenkins to nurseryman George Loddiges. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards’ Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1839.

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