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[Abrotanella scapigera from Sarawaket Range, Papua New Guinea]

Description: Photograph of Abrotanella scapigera growing in the Sarawaket Range in Papua New Guinea. The plant is close to ground growing in tufts. The lanceote leaves are tiny and narrow and appear thick and glossy. The leaves are arranged in a rosette pattern. A few withered flower heads are visible. The plant grows surrounded by grasses and other plants.
Date: 1963-03~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021

[Adorned roof at Wat Pho, Thailand]

Description: Photograph of an intricately adorned roof at the Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. The gable is inlaid with an elaborate blue floral pattern, and the eaves feature a spiked edge. The peak of the roof has a conical structure attached.
Date: 1967-09~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021

[Adorned spire at Wat Pho, Thailand]

Description: Photograph of a painted spire at Wat Pho in Bangkok, Thailand. It features a blue base layer with yellow wreaths painted over it. There are two large, unidentified trees growing in the background and a grouping of smaller Chedis (or stupas) are visible in the bottom right corner of the photograph.
Date: 1967-09~
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021

[Aeonium on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified Aeonium in Agaete Municipality on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Red stems extend from the bottom and left side of the photo, and clusters of small yellow flowers and some bulbs are in bloom with a rocky background.
Date: [1967-05-05,1967-05-11]
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021

[Aeonium on La Palma Island, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Aeonium growing on lava rocks on La Palma Island, Canary Islands. The partial view of the plant has bright yellow, seven-petaled flowers growing in clusters at the top of the stem. Orange-colored leaves are arranged in rosettes along the stem. The small leaves are ovate shaped with a broad, rounded tup and narrower at the base attached to the stem. Green buds are rounded and compact and visible at the center of the rosettes.
Date: June 14, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021

[Aeonium tabulaeforme on Tenerife, Canary Islands]

Description: Photograph of Aeonium tubliforme (saucer plant) near the Punta de Teno lighthouse on Tenerife Island, Canary Islands, Spain. Six flat rosettes of varying sizes of the succulent plant are on the ground, surrounded by various foliage. The rosettes are green with red and yellow decaying leaves at their edges.
Date: April 23, 1967
Creator: Carlquist, Sherwin John, 1930-2021
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