Ansellia gigantea is an orchid species identified by Rchb.f. in 1847. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Ansellia africana.
Ansellia is considered a monotypic genus of orchid, with only one species, Ansellia africana, commonly known as African ansellia or leopard orchid. However, it is considered it may be a complex group of species which share common floral structure and growth habit.
The plants are found throughout neotropical and subtropical Africa. It was named after John Ansell, an English assistant botanist, who found the first specimens in 1841 on the Fernando Po Island in West Africa.
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- Designer: Gordon Drummond
- Printer:John Waddington of Kirkstall Ltd, Leeds, England
- Process: Lithography
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- Watermark: Cockerels
- Perf: 13.5 (comb)
- Cylinders: Printed in four panes, each divided by a gutter strip. Guillotined through horizontal gutter and distributed in sheets of two panes:
- 1A (Yellow), 1A (Magenta), 1A (Cyan), 1A (Black) : 1C (Yellow), 1C (Magenta), 1C (Cyan) 1C (Black)
- 1B (Yellow), 1B (Magenta), 1B (Cyan), 1B (Black) : 1D (Yellow), 1D (Magenta), 1D (Cyan) 1D (Black)
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