Appendage orchid, Prosthechea radiata. Plant sent by plant hunter Karl Theodor Hartweg from Mexico and flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society. Ray-flowered epidendrum, Epidendrum radiatum. 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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