Prosthechea cochleata (aka Cockleshell orchid, black orchid, clamshell orchid, octopus orchid), 1797
Illustration of Prosthechea cochleata by Henry Charles Andrews, 1797. Artwork from Botanists Repository for New and Rare Plants: Containing Coloured Figures of Such Plants, as Have Not Hitherto Appeared in Any Similar Publication; With All Their Essential Characters, Botanically Arranged... Read more
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Prosthechea cochleata (aka Cockleshell orchid, black orchid, clamshell orchid, octopus orchid), 1797
Illustration of Prosthechea cochleata by Henry Charles Andrews, 1797. Artwork from Botanists Repository for New and Rare Plants: Containing Coloured Figures of Such Plants, as Have Not Hitherto Appeared in Any Similar Publication; With All Their Essential Characters, Botanically Arranged, After the Sexual System of the Celebrated Linnæus; in English and Latin by Henry Charles Andrews, volume 1, plate 13
© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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