Images Dated 2011 June

538. Flowers of Sarawak, Borneo

The large inflorescence with orange-red leaf-like bracts is Hosea Lobbiana, Ridley. Above, on the right, is a small white Passion-flower (Passiflora foetid, L.), and on the left flowers of probably some species of Tabernaemontana. Below is Anisophyll

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Baill, Borneo, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Ridley, Sarawak, White

522. View in the Cochineal Gardens at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe

Women taking off the rags in which the newly hatched insects (Coccus cacti) are pinned to the Cactus plants (Opuntia coccinellifera, Steud.). After being left a few day the insects attach themselves to the plants, and no longer need the rags. The Coc

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Brazil, Cactus Plants, Canary Islands, Cochineal Gardens, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mexico, Painting, Rags, Santa Cruz, Teneriffe