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Amaryllis

Hippeastrum ‘White Candle’ and ‘Superstar’

Amaryllis
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George Washington Carver by Betsy Graves Reyneau. Oil on canvas, 1942. Gift of the George Washington Carver Memorial Committee, 1944. National Portrait Gallery.
George Washington Carver by Betsy Graves Reyneau. Oil on canvas, 1942. Gift of the George Washington Carver Memorial Committee, 1944. National Portrait Gallery.

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Amaryllis

 

Although native to South America and not Alabama, the Amaryllis has fans on both continents, including one of our country’s most famous scientists, George Washington Carver of Tuskegee Institute.

 

He enjoyed cross-breeding the plant as a hobby, and as you can see from his expression in the portrait that hangs at the National Portrait Gallery, these plants brought him lots of joy.

 

This 1942 painting is the only known likeness of Carver painted from life, completed just three months before his death.


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