Curtis Botanical – Plate 8478 – Taiwan Rhododendron

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8478.

Plant: Rhododendron Sublanceolatum (Taiwan Rhododendron). Native to: Taiwan (endemic — central mountain ranges).

Found only in Taiwan's high mountain ranges, nowhere else on Earth. One of the most sought-after genera in Victorian plant hunting — collectors paid extraordinary prices for a single new species. Washington State flower family.

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.