All Resolutions
(facing p. 113.)
Artist
- Name:
- Unknown
Illustration
- Subject:
- Plants
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Missouri Botanical Garden Library, The Internet Archive
Periodical
- Title:
- Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Van Houtte, Louis (under the direction of)
- Publisher:
- Ghent: Louis van Houtte, 1845
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Cattleya coccinea, also known as Sophronitis grandiflora, is a plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to South America. It is described as follows in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany:
For so diminutive a plant, the size of the flowers is really extraordinary, and the stalk is made to curve downwards, apparently with the weight of the blossom. The colour is a rich cinnabar, variously tinted with crimson and orange, and pale orange or deep yellow in the centre. When in flower, the plant is not unlike a dwarf Catlleya, and this appearance, combined with the novelty of its colour in relation to that genus, makes it peculiarly interesting.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, color, Flore des serres..., flower, Orchidaceae, periodical, red, reference book
