Description:This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman describes stanhopea saccata, also known as Pouch-Lipped Stanhopea.
Discovered in Guatemala, the author claims that the plant is easy to cultivate.
The vignette depicts what the author describes as awful personages who still walk the streets of Guatemala on certain public days, their office being to strike terror and collect contributions among the spectators.
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About this book
Only 125 copies of this book were published.
It is physically one of the largest botanical books ever published, and appears here by kind permission of The Spode Museum Trust.