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She is also very willing to discuss commission work, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.suewickison.com\/contact.htm\" title=\"Contact Sue Wickison\"\u003eplease enquire.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"dactylanthus-taylorii","title":"1 Dactylanthus taylorii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDactylanthus taylorii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or Flower of Hades as reflected in the Maori name \"pua o te reinga,\" meaning 'flower of the underworld,' and refers to the way its flowers emerge from below ground. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis endemic parasitic plant is also known as Wood rose which refers to the point where the Dactylanthus joins to the host plant with a root like attachment. The host plant reacts to the intruder with its root creating a wider fluted shape, which becomes the “wood rose”. Dactylanthus draws its nutrients through this joint and is totally reliant on the host tree. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe forest floor plant is in serious decline as is its main pollinator the nocturnal endemic Short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata. The painting shows the bat feeding at night on the male flowers that produce a lot of nectar to attract the bat which will get pollen on its face which is then transferred to female flowers as it moves through the clumps. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe feeders like the Wellington tree Weta Hemideina crassidens is attracted as are many other insects like moths, ants, flies and different wetas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe male flowers grow in a circular clump around the gnarled host wood rose. Feathery female flowers grow on separate host roots, but occur close to male flowers as seen to the right of the painting, which also shows the developing stages of the fruiting structures with a New Zealand native millipede Eumastigonus sp. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe graphite drawings along the base of the painting show from left to right, a spike of the male flowers with dehiscing anthers containing pollen x 9, spike of female flowers x 9 , mature seed x 9 and the wood rose at natural size. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe main painting is painted at a scale of x 3 natural size to show the full life cycle of the plant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Wickison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43213159727158,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/2681\/6310\/files\/3000x1534px_300ppi_sRGB_159SueWickison-002DactylanthusTaylorii-Full.png?v=1736749691"},{"product_id":"alloxylon-flammeum","title":"Alloxylon flammeum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal donated to the Sydney Florilegium Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhibited at the Florilegium Society: Sydney's Painted Garden Exhibition 30th July – 30th October 2016 Sydney Museum\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Wickison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43213159792694,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/2681\/6310\/files\/Alloxylonflammeum.jpg?v=1736650938"},{"product_id":"ravenala-madagascariensis-travellers-palm","title":"Ravenala madagascariensis Travellers Palm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe original is part of the Shirley Sherwood Collection and has been exhibited at Kew three times since 2013 and is included in the book “The Shirley Sherwood Collection: Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art - by Shirley Sherwood'\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhibited at the Florilegium Society: Sydney's Painted Garden Exhibition 30th July – 30th October 2016 Sydney Museum\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Wickison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43213160218678,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/2681\/6310\/files\/02_ravenalla.jpg?v=1731029216"},{"product_id":"strelitzia-reginae","title":"Strelitzia reginae","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe full painting was shown in 2013 at Sue’s joint show with Sue J Williams \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/2013\/black-and-white-in-colour-kew-gardens-exhibition-review\"\u003e“Black and White in Colour” at Kew Gardens, London.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original is part of the Shirley Sherwood Collection and has been exhibited at Kew twice since 2013 and is included in the book “The Shirley Sherwood Collection: Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art - by Shirley Sherwood'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Wickison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43213160316982,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/2681\/6310\/files\/03-strelitzia.jpg?v=1731029238"},{"product_id":"farsetia-linearis","title":"Farsetia linearis","description":"\u003cp\u003eSize 300 x 500mm\u003cbr\u003eNFS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhibited at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, London, UK 12 Oct 2013 - 05 Jan 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.suewickison.com\/blog\/farsetia_linearis.htm\"\u003eRead more about the plant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sue Wickison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43213160415286,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/2681\/6310\/files\/Farsetiaartwork.jpg?v=1736651007"},{"product_id":"tacca-chantrieri-flowers","title":"Tacca chantrieri flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003eTacca chantrieri is an unusual plant in that it has black flowers. 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