Argosy Weekly 'The Butterfly Orchid' May 1919 — Nocturnal Menace Cover
An exotic carnivorous or supernatural plant creature — the monstrous Butterfly Orchid — dominates the foreground in vivid orange and red, lunging toward fleeing human figures under a crescent moon. The illustration dramatizes botanical horror and lost-world exploration, a popular early pulp theme blending natural science with terror. Two men flee in panic across a darkened landscape, suggesting an encounter with an oversized predatory plant organism in some remote or jungle wilderness.
Holy smokes, a giant killer orchid chasing two fellas under the moon — that's the most terrifying plant I've ever seen and I'm buying this issue right now! J. Allan Dunn sure knows how to make a fella nervous about gardening.
“ARGOSY and Railroad Man's Magazine Issued Weekly The Butterfly Orchid by J. Allan Dunn 10¢ A Copy MAY 17 $4.00 A Year”
