The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 98National Geographic Society, 1950 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Puya raimondii . Perhaps an Indian had brought the puya there as a small plant to serve as a torch for his grandchildren to fire on some fiesta day . Unfortunately , this practice of burning the dry plant and flower stalk , full of ...
... Puya raimondii . Perhaps an Indian had brought the puya there as a small plant to serve as a torch for his grandchildren to fire on some fiesta day . Unfortunately , this practice of burning the dry plant and flower stalk , full of ...
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... shot up 20 feet above its leafy base . With a borrowed fire - department ladder , these men gather flower specimens from a solitary Puya raimondii in the Bolivian Andes . Climax of 150 Years of Growth - Puya's Huge Flower ...
... shot up 20 feet above its leafy base . With a borrowed fire - department ladder , these men gather flower specimens from a solitary Puya raimondii in the Bolivian Andes . Climax of 150 Years of Growth - Puya's Huge Flower ...
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... puya are a real challenge . Never- theless , from the first Puya raimondii which I visited , flowers , flower bracts , leaves , and even trunk scrapings were pressed between blotters , descriptive notes recorded , and photographs made ...
... puya are a real challenge . Never- theless , from the first Puya raimondii which I visited , flowers , flower bracts , leaves , and even trunk scrapings were pressed between blotters , descriptive notes recorded , and photographs made ...
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