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Orchid study: Calanthe and Dendrobium. Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable).
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Natural History

Orchid study: Calanthe and Dendrobium

Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (probable)
c. 1875–1895

Certainty
Likely
A probable identification that has not been confirmed.
On the print
"Calanthe vestita" and "Dendrobium macrophyllum var. Veitchianum" - Scowen & Co
Maker
Scowen & Co
Date basis
Scowen negatives were sold on in the mid-1890s; a print could be later
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Place
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Reference
TCP-N85

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