Curtis Botanical – Plate 6325 – Joseph's Adder's Mouth Orchid / Joseph's Malaxis

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6325.

A small terrestrial orchid named in honour of someone named Joseph — possibly a collector or patron now lost to history. Malaxis (formerly Microstylis) is a large genus of small ground orchids found across tropical and temperate regions worldwide, including native species in the eastern United States and Illinois.

Related native species grow in Illinois and across the Eastern US woodland floor.

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.