Description:This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman depicts epidendrum alatum, also known as the Winged Epidendrum.
Although only a solitary specimen was initially found in Guatemala in 1837, the author reports that a plant a Knypersley flowers between May and June.
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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.