Upside-Down Orchid
Upside-Down Orchid (Stanhopea oculata) — Curtis's Botanical Magazine (Pl. 5300) · Walter Hood Fitch · 1862.
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Where it works
A tangle of Stanhopea blooms hangs down the sheet, cream petals spotted maroon with ochre hoods, on a sepia-toned page from Fitch's 1862 plate. Busy and warm, it works in a hallway or above a console with walnut or rattan, at 16×24 in natural wood or the white-mat edition.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream, ochre, burgundy, sepia
- Mood
- warm, nostalgic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
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.
