Images Dated 2011

385. Some grotesque plants from the Karroo, South Africa

In front on the right the singularly-formed and coloured flowers of Gomphocarpus grandiflorus, Benth. & Hook. f., a member of the Asclepiadaceae. On the left, the. globular, ribbed plant, so strongly resembling an Echinocactus (See 14) as to be easil

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Art, Artist, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Pink, South Africa, Yellow

244. Singular Plants of the Dark Forests of Singapore and Borneo

These highly curious organisms are members of a small family (the Burmanniaceae), related to the Orchidaceae. Some of them draw their nourishment from decaying vegetable matter, hence are called saprophytes ; some from the roots of other plants to wh

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Art, Artist, Borneo, Flower, Forest, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Singapore, Yellow

47. Flowers of Datura and Humming Birds, Brazil

Datura arborea, Linn., is a native of tropical America, and is commonly cultivated in other countries, as it grows like a rank weed. It is better known in English greenhouses under the name Brugmansia arborea, Pers. See 132, 227, and 689 The leaves a

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Art, Artist, Brazil, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Water, Weed