Tiger-flowered stanhopea orchid, Stanhopea tigrina. Native to Mexico, imported from Xalapa, raised by nurseryman William Rollisson of Tooting. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Stephen Watts after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1839.
Tiger-flowered stanhopea orchid, Stanhopea tigrina. Native to Mexico, imported from Xalapa, raised by nurseryman William Rollisson of Tooting. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Stephen Watts after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1839.