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Eight plants, including an orchid, a magnolia and a cactus: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.

Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.

A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.

Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus communis): flowering plant. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

Seven plants, including a lupin and an aster: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1833.

Agriculture: men gathering insects from cactus plants, then processing them. Engraving.

Eight plants, including two orchids and two hawthorns: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species): stem and flowers. Aquatint, c.1823.

The pain of it all, emotional cancer journey, artwork

Cactus and succulent growing tips.

Las Cactáceas de México / por Isaac Ochoterena.

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Cochineal cactus (Nopalea cochenillifera) with insects that feed on it, including the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.

The pain of it all, emotional cancer journey, artwork

A thicket of cactus (Cereus dyckii) in Guatemala. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

Cactus and succulent growing tips.

Las Cactáceas de México / por Isaac Ochoterena.