Date:1835 - 1845 (c.)
Description:This text describes brasavola glauca, also known as Glaucous Stemmed Brasavola. It was discovered by a British botanist at Xalapa in Mexico and sent to the Horticultural Society in 1837. A footnote on this plate describes how the country was gripped with Orchido-mania. The author gives some advice about where to go to avoid paying inflated prices for the plants. Use the 'Zoom to Detail' button to view the text more closely. For more information about the Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala - and some of the Staffordshire personalities involved with this important publication - please download the information sheet. 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.
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This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman shows brasavola glauca, also ...
This text describes brasavola glauca, also known as Glaucous Stemmed Brasavola. It was discovered ...
This text describes brasavola glauca, also known as Glaucous Stemmed Brasavola. The author goes on ...
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