Caption:
Flat-stemmed dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium compressum. Native to Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Borneo, Java and Sumatra. Discovered in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Mr Nightingale and sent to the Duke of Northumberland's garden at Syon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, continued by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1844.