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 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.