Cypripedium calceolus

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Cypripedium calceolus.

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Artist

Name:
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Dates:
1759-1840
Country:
Belgium

Illustration

Subject:
Plants
Technique:
Metal Engraving
Engraver:
Gouy, de
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Missouri Botanical Garden, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Les liliacées, vol. 1
Authors:
Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de; Redouté, Pierre-Joseph
Publisher:
Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1805
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Description:

Stipple engraving showing Cypripedium calceolus, a species of flowering plant in the Orchidaceae family. It is a terrestrial orchid of the lady's slipper type, native to temperate regions of Europe and Asia, with yellow and red-brown flowers that resemble a slipper. This plant is put under increasing pressure in many parts of its range due to habitat loss and over-collection.

The caption reads in the original French: Cypripedium calceolus — Sabot des Alpes.

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