Curtis Botanical – Plate 6329 – Veitch's Aechmea / Bromeliad Torch

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6329.

A spectacular Brazilian bromeliad named for the Veitch nursery dynasty — the most important commercial nursery family in Victorian Britain, responsible for introducing hundreds of tropical plants to European cultivation through their network of professional plant hunters. Aechmeas are tank bromeliads — their leaf rosettes hold pools of water that become entire ecosystems for frogs, insects, and microorganisms.

Florida, Gulf Coast, Hawaii — aechmeas grow outdoors in warm climates.

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.