Leopard Orchid
Leopard Orchid (Ansellia africana) — Curtis's Botanical Magazine (Pl. 4965) · Walter Hood Fitch · 1857.
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Where it works
Dozens of yellow flowers spotted chocolate-brown cascade on a green stem across the leopard orchid plate, with pleated green leaves below on a pale cream page. It suits a hallway or a dining room with ochre, cream or dark green walls at 24×36 in black, beside the Chestnut Tiger Orchid.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow, chocolate brown, dark green, cream
- Mood
- warm, colorful
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other botanical prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
