Wildlife

'Flowers of Datura and Humming Birds, Brazil'

Oil on canvas, no date. According to the gallery guide, 'Datura arborea, Linn., [Brugmansia arborea L.] 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. [...] the leaves are smoked to cure asthma; and the Greeks use them to procure pleasant dreams. The Humming Bird is Trochilus anais'.

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Morpho Peiledes - NE/Trop

Morpho Peiledes - Blue morpho butterfly

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Biodiversity, Blue Morpho, Brilliant Blue, Butter Fly, Central America, Iridescent, Lifespan 115 Days, Mexico, Morpho Peleides, Northern South America, Paraguay, Princess Of Wales Conservatory, Rain Forests, Summer, Trinidad, Tropical

bees at Kew

Checking the bees and hives in Kew's Bee Garden

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