| Warczewiczella amazonica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Warczewiczella |
| Species: | W. amazonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Warczewiczella amazonica Rchb.f. & Warsz. | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Warczewiczella amazonica is a species of orchid native to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. [1]
Victoria is a genus of water-lilies, in the plant family Nymphaeaceae, with very large green leaves that lie flat on the water's surface. Victoria amazonica has a leaf that is up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter, on a stalk up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length. The genus name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Pascale Petit, is a French-born British poet of French/Welsh/Indian heritage. She was born in Paris and grew up in France and Wales. She trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Art and was a visual artist for the first part of her life. She has travelled widely, particularly in the Peruvian and Venezuelan Amazon and India.
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Victoria amazonica is a species of flowering plant, the largest of the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is the national flower of Guyana. Its native regions where it can be found are in Guyana and tropical South America.
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Warczewiczella is a genus of orchids native to South America, Central America, and Cuba.
Warczewiczella marginata is a species of orchid native to Colombia, Venezuela, and Panama.
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Iracema: Uma Transa Amazônica is a 1974 Brazilian Cinema Novo film directed by Jorge Bodanzky and Orlando Senna and very loosely inspired by Iracema: The Legend of Ceará, an 1865 novel by José de Alencar, updated to the modern age and the construction of the Trans-Amazonian Highway. The title can refer to a deal or transaction, but also to sexual intercourse.
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