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Cactus

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  • Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.
  • A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.
  • Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus communis): flowering plant. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
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    Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 27 November 1801 | Reference: 25390i
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    The pain of it all, emotional cancer journey, artwork

    Michele Angelo Petrone
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    A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    | Date: [1867-1875] | Reference: 20955i
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    Cactus and succulent growing tips.

    | Date: [s.d.]
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    Las Cactáceas de México / por Isaac Ochoterena.

    Ochoterena, Isaac, 1885-1950. | Date: 1922
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