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Vintage Botanical Print - Opuntia elatior (Syn: Opuntia polyanthos)
Prickly Pear
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  • Quality reproduction vintage print
  • Printed on 250gsm (140lb index) premium super-smooth uncoated card
  • Unframed and packaged in clear polycarbonate cellophane with a recycled backing card
  • Opuntia polyanthos now taxonomically revised to Opuntia elatior
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This is a quality reproduction vintage print of Opuntia elatior (Syn: Opuntia polyanthos) reproduced from a colour-printed, hand-finished stipple engraving by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759 - 1840) from his Histoire de Plantes Grasses Vol 3. Plate 138 (1799). Redouté was a Belgian botanical artist who is today considered one of the finest and most influential of the genre. In 1782, Redouté travelled to Paris where he came to the attention of Marie Antoinette who became his patron. In 1787, he travelled to London and studied plants at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. He was later the official artist of Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte.

The Prickly Pear that Redouté captures here has a complex taxonomic history with many synonyms. It was first described in 1768 as Opuntia elatior yet when Redouté paints it in the 1790's he calls it Opuntia polyanthos, a name that wasn't ever actually ascribed to it although it was ascribed the name Opuntia polyantha in 1812 and Cactus polyanthos in 1826. Whatever you call it, it is found today in coastal Columbia and Panama and its outer petals - tinged pinkish-salmon - can often give the unopened flowers a distinct red colour.


Additional Information

Order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae
Sub-Family Opuntioideae
Synonyms Cactus elatior, Cactus humilis, Cactus nigricans, Cactus polyanthos, Cactus pseudococcinillifer, Cactus tuna var. elatior, Cactus tuna var. flava, Cactus tuna var. major, Cactus tuna var. nigricans, Opuntia bergeriana, Opuntia boldinghii, Opuntia coccinea, Opuntia eichlamii, Opuntia flexibilis, Opuntia hispanica, Opuntia horrida, Opuntia humilis, Opuntia ledienii, Opuntia maidenii, Opuntia megalantha, Opuntia multiflora, Opuntia nigricans, Opuntia polyantha, Opuntia polyanthos, Opuntia pseudotuna, Opuntia spinaurea, Opuntia tuna var. cubaguensis, Opuntia tuna var. manse
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Vintage Botanical Print - Opuntia elatior (Syn: Opuntia polyanthos)
Prickly Pear
Size
A4
Regular Price £15.99 Special Price £9.99
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