Curtis Botanical – Plate 5612 – Blue Cypella / Blue Tiger Flower

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 5612.

A South American bulb in the iris family with delicate, sky-blue flowers of almost translucent quality — the three inner petals are spotted and blotched in darker blue like a watercolour painting. The genus is named for Cypella, a nymph in Virgil's Eclogues.

Birth flower: February (iris family). February birth flower 🌸 (iris family).

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.