Peruviana Gallery

Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), two males perched in tree at lek in

Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), two males perched in tree at lek in mid-altitude montane rainforest. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru

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Cape gooseberries (Physalis peruviana)

Cape gooseberries (Physalis peruviana), in their papery pods. Origin: South America, taken to the Cape of Good Hope, naturalised in Central Africa and throughout Australia

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Gold berry Physalis peruviana Keersen Zee Alkakengi

Gold berry (Physalis peruviana), Keersen over Zee. / Alkakengi. / Baguenaudes (title on object), Goudbes, or Cape gooseberry. Numbered top right: 312. Top right the name in six languages, at the bottom a two-line inscription in Latin. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 257 mm ? w 188 mm

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