#missouri botanical garden
Orchids
Encyclia dichroma.
SciArt by Alphonse Goossens for Alfred Cogniaux, Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidees: Epidendrum(1896-1907).
View more in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) with thanks to the Peter H. Raven Library of the Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) for digitizing.
Happy Birthday, Priscilla Susan Bury!
Priscilla Susan Bury (12 January 1799 – 8 March 1872) was a talented scientist, artist, and author. The trio of Amaryllis above are from her work, A Selection of Hexandrian Plants(1831-1834).
MIDDLE:Hippeastrum psittacinum
BOTTOM:Hippeastrum elegans
View more from Priscilla Susan Bury in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (@biodivlibrary) and from this work in particular, which was digitized by the Peter H. Raven Library of the Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden).
