CeylonSri Lanka, Botanical portrait of a Panama dove orchid or Holy Spirit plant (Peristeria elata), the national flower of Panama. Printed caption: SCOWEN & Co. ELATA. THE DOVE manuscript caption: Peristeria Elata - Dove Plant. Ceylon, circa 1885. 2003/071/1/1/2/23.

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Panama dove orchid, Sri Lanka

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Photo credit: © Bristol Archives/UIG / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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