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on March 29, 2015

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Rosa Harison's Yellow

Title: Rosa Harison's Yellow Medium: Acrylic Painting On Canvas Year: 2003 Artist: Latif Maulan 'Harison's Yellow', also known as R. × harisonii, the Oregon Trail Rose or the Yellow Rose of Texas, is a rose cultivar which originated as a chance hybrid in the early 19th century. It probably is a seedling of Rosa foetida and Rosa pimpinellifolia.[2][3] The cultivar first bloomed at the suburban villa of George Folliott Harison, attorney, between 8th and 9th Avenues on 32nd Street, north of New York City. The site of Harison's villa is now just south of the present General Post Office. The nurseryman William Prince of Long Island took cuttings and marketed the rose in 1830. 'Harison's Yellow' is naturalized at abandoned house sites through the west and is found as a feral rose along the Oregon Trail. 'Harison's Yellow' was planted by the Heritage Rose Foundation in the Spring of 2009 near the grave of George Folliott Harison, w

Heliconia rostrata, Birds Of Paradise

Heliconia rostrata, Birds Of Paradise Acrylic Painting on Canvas 2013 Heliconia rostrata (also known as Hanging Lobster Claw or False Bird of Paradise) is an herbaceous perennial native to Peru , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica, and Ecuador , and naturalized in Puerto Rico . [2] Other Heliconia s grow in the upright position (e.g. Heliconia bihai ), their cup-shaped flower bracts storing water for birds and insects. This plant, however, has downward-facing flowers, the flowers thus providing a source of nectar to birds. Heliconias are known to those who grow them as a host flower to many birds, especially the Hummingbird. Because of its unique characteristics, it is often used as a specimen for tropical gardens. Along with the Kantuta flower, Heliconia rostrata, known as patujú, is the national flower of Bolivia.

Bougainvillea, The Light of Tranquility

The Light of Tranquility Acrylic Painting On Canvas 2013 Bougainvillea ( / ˌ b uː ɡ ᵻ n ˈ v ɪ l i ə / or / ˌ b oʊ ɡ ᵻ n ˈ v ɪ l i ə / ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees with flower-like spring leaves near its flowers. Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. They are native plants of South America from Brazilwest to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Bougainvillea are also known as buganvilla (Spain), bugambilia ( Mexico , Guatemala, Cuba,Philippines), "'pokok bunga kertas"' ( Malaysia ), Napoleón (Honduras), veranera ( Colombia , Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama), trinitaria (Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic & Venezuela), Santa Rita (Argentina,Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) or papelillo (northern Peru). The vine species grow anywhere from 1 to 12 m (3 to 40 ft.) tall, scrambling over other plants with their spiky thorns. T

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