Cardinal Flower — restored antique plate on cream. Ohio Natural History Series, Plate No. VIII.

Cardinal Flower — Vintage Botanical Print · Ohio Natural History Series

12″×18″
$29.00
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Cardinal Flower — restored antique plate on cream. Ohio Natural History Series, Plate No. VIII.
  • Cardinal Flower — restored antique plate on cream. Ohio Natural History Series, Plate No. VIII.
  • Cardinal Flower — restored antique plate on cream. Ohio Natural History Series, Plate No. VIII.
Cardinal Flower — Vintage Botanical Print · Ohio Natural History Series

Cardinal Flower — Vintage Botanical Print · Ohio Natural History Series

$29.00
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  • Giclée on 189 gsm archival matte paper — heavy, uncoated, no sheen
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Named for the scarlet of a cardinal's robes — the churchman, not the bird. The flower's deep tube fits almost no visitor except the ruby-throated hummingbird, which is exactly the arrangement: one plant, one pollinator, holding up their end of an old bargain along Ohio's riverbanks every August.

Source: nineteenth-century botanical plate via the Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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