An Australian lily (Doryanthes excelsa) picked in New South Wales. Photograph, 1882.
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- 1882
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- 574859i
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1882
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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 20.6 x 15.4 cm
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The Australian "Gigantic or Torch Lily" (Doryanthes excelsa) cut in the bush, New South Wales, 14th October 1882. Grows wild on a straight stem about an inch in diameter and 20 feet high, the bloom being larger than an ordinary cabbage. Color crimson, the inside of the petal of a delicate rose pink
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Wellcome Collection 574859i
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