Mr Rucker's dendrobium, Dendrobium ruckeri. Raised by Sigismund Rucker, Jr. Native to the Eastern Himalayas. Believed to have been sent by plant hunter Hugh Cuming from the Philippines. 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, 1843.

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