Orchidaceae: Oncidium phymatochilum

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Mrs. E. Powell (c. 1810-c. 1870)
Orchidaceae: Oncidium phymatochilum
signed and dated 'E Powell 1846' (lower right) and inscribed indistinctly as title (lower left)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic on Whatman card dated 1844 and drystamped Extra Superfine Drawing Board
21¾ x 17¾ in. (55.3 x 45.1 cm.)

Provenance

William A. McCarty-Cooper.

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Lot Essay

First grown by the Rev. John Clowes and Messrs. Loddiges in 1847, this orchid was described in the Gardener's Chronicle, 1848. The drawing by Fitch of Oncidium phymatochilum, reproduced in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1860, was made at Kew from 'the late Mr. Clowes's plant'.

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