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The Botanist and Her Amaryllis
- Wayne State University Press
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88 The Botanist and Her Amaryllis For twenty years it’s the thing she has lived with the longest, nurtured from a bulb. She cultivated an appreciation for tropical ornamentation, the funneled startle of red, the green gesture of photosynthesis. She sees the verdant aura of chlorophyll, its microcrystalline pigment, senses the conversion of light into chemical energy, knows the deep secrets of roots—her voice like anthers whispering pollen. ...
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