#BHLDailySciArt: Monkey Orchids (Coryanthes macrantha), a native of #Venezuela. Botanical #SciArt by #MatildaSmith, who is our featured artist for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. Smith drew over 2,300 illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine during her 45-year tenure as a contributing artist. This illustration comes from Volume 126 (1900), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MonkeyOrchids #MonkeyOrchid #Orchids #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt
