Haemanthus Puniceus

A botanical illustration from A. C. Van Eeden's *Flora of Haarlem*, rendered by Dutch artist Arentine H. Arendsen. The painting depicts the blood lily with characteristic precision: a dense, spherical flower head composed of hundreds of thin crimson stamens radiating outward, supported by a single green stem with broad, striated leaves arranged at its base. The specimen is set against a pale yellow ground typical of nineteenth-century Dutch botanical documentation. This plate exemplifies the detailed hand-colored lithographic work produced for scientific flora catalogues of the period, balancing aesthetic presentation with botanical accuracy for both scholarly and horticultural reference.