Curtis Botanical – Plate 6318 – Yellow Pitcairnia / Yellow Bromeliad

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6318.

A bromeliad from the tropical Americas bearing long, arching yellow flower spikes (flavescens = turning yellow). Named for William Pitcairn, an 18th-century London physician and garden enthusiast.

Florida, Gulf Coast — bromeliads grow outdoors in warm zones.

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 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.