Selenicereus grandiflorus

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The night-blowing cereus.

Artist

Name:: Reinagle, Philip
Dates:: 1749-1833
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Plants
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Dunkarton, Robert
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Missouri Botanical Garden Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus: and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature
Author:: Thornton, Robert John
Publisher:: London: 1807
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Description:

Mezzotint showing a blooming Selenicereus grandiflorus (also known as night-blooming cereus, or queen of the night) on a river bank by a moonlit night. A towered building which stands in the background bears a clock showing a few minutes past midnight.

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