Botany Photo of the Day Archytaea triflora

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From what I can determine, you would have to travel to the Amazon rainforest or a South American botanical garden to see today’s species. If it is in cultivation elsewhere, it hasn’t been photographed and shared online–an unlikely scenario, given the photogenic flower of Archytaea triflora. As I correct & modernize the old entries (particularly […]

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