Richardia hastata, Hook. (Halbert-leaved Richardia)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as 5176, 1st April 1860. Watercolour and pencil on paper. W.J.Hooker reports that this plant was received by Mr Veitch as a...red- or yellow-flowered Calla, when clearly the spatha is a greenish-yellow... Read more
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Date: 3rd December 2007
Author: Fitch, Walter Hood (1817-1892)
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Richardia hastata, Hook. (Halbert-leaved Richardia)
Original illustration from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, published as 5176, 1st April 1860. Watercolour and pencil on paper. W.J.Hooker reports that this plant was received by Mr Veitch as a...red- or yellow-flowered Calla, when clearly the spatha is a greenish-yellow, with no tinge whatever approaching red. It grew at Exeter in Messrs Veitchs Nursery
© RBG KEW
Media ID 654353
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