Curtis Botanical – Plate 8216 – Pale Yellow Bulbophyllum

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8216.

Plant: Bulbophyllum Galbinum (Pale Yellow Bulbophyllum). Native to: New Guinea / Solomon Islands (Pacific).

Bulbophyllum is the single largest orchid genus — over 2,000 species — and among the most bizarre in all of flowering plants. This pale yellow Pacific species is part of the most species-rich genus that has ever existed.

Printed in London. Each print is an original page removed from a bound volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest continuously published botanical journal (founded 1787). Uncolored plate. Sold individually. Minor age-related toning consistent with 19th-century paper.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.