Leonora Box: Flowers of Pitcairn Island

Artist: Leonora Box
1936 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1980
Image Size: 5.75 by 5.75 inches
Overall Size: 9.75 by 10.5 inches
Medium: Water Color on Water Color Paper

Pitcairn Island, located in the South Pacific Ocean, was first occupied in 1790 by nine British mutineers from HMS Bounty and their eighteen Tahitian cohorts. Under the jurisdiction of the British High Commissioners in New Zealand since 1970, the small population of this island earns a living by selling souvenirs to passing ships. This bouquet of Pitcairn Island flowers includes Thespesia propulna, known to the natives as "miro," a tree which provides much of the wood used in souvenir carving. The Wedelia biflora is a fairly common coastal plant. Limestone cliffs and dry lava fields provide ideal conditions for the pacific plant Capparis spinosa. The tropical periwinkle, Catharanthus roseas, thrives in dry places. Common to the Pacific area, the Portulaca lutea grows almost to the sea's edge. The fruit of the wildflower, Bidens pilosa, has hooks which attach to clothing. Oxalis comiculata is a common wildflower. The hard, white fruits of Job's Tears hang down like flowing human tears. The Sorghum halepense is also known as "Alwyn grass." The ribbons on this painting feature the official colors of Pitcairn Island.

This painting was originally published on the Combination First Day Cover for the Pitcairn Island Royal Wedding stamps issued July 22, 1981.

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