Laelia superbiens RHS

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Description: English: Laelia superbiens, a species named by John Lindley. It was included in the genus Schomburgkia, but now again in genus Laelia. This hand-retouched chromolithograph after a drawing by Miss S. A. Drake (fl. 1820s-1840s), is from James Bateman (1811-1897): "The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala", tab. 38. Date: between 1837 and 1843 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1837-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1843-00-00T00:00:00Z/9. Source: scanned from The Royal Horticultural Society Diary 2004 (or: http://www.botanicus.org/page/769239). Author: Miss Drake (del.) - M. Gauci (lith.) - James Bateman (ed.) This drawing uploaded by BernardM on 2008.04.27.