Images Dated 2011 June

614. The Turong, or Pigeon Orchid in Borneo, and a purple-brown

The former (Dendrobium crumenatum, Lindl.) comes into blossom simultaneously on all the plants about every nine weeks, and the trees and roofs on which it grows seem on those days to be covered with snow, which on the morrow all melts away. Forbes al

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Art, Artist, Borneo, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Pigeon Orchid, Purple Brown, Turong, White

557. View of Matang and River, Sarawak, Borneo

Palms (Arenga saccharifera, Labill., &c.) and Mangosteens in the foreground. Toddy, or Palm Wine, an intoxicating drink, is made from the Arenga and sugar is obtained by boiling and evaporation of the sap of this palm. A good tree will yield 100 pint

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698. Two Swamp Plants of Java in Flower

The snow-white flowers of the Costus speciosus, Sm., like those of most of its allies, are very fugitive, but the red bracts from which they spring are more durable. Cassia alata, Linn., belongs to a genus numerous in species, generally diffused in w

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Art, Artist, Flowers, Java, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Swamp Plants