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Parrot's Beak (Guinea)
Parrot's beak may refer to: Plants * ''Clianthus'', a genus of flowering plants of New Zealand * ''Lotus berthelotii'', a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands * ''Heliconia psittacorum'', a perennial herb of the Caribbean and South America * ''Pterostylis nutans'', also known as ''parrot's beak orchid'', an orchid of Australia and New Zealand Places * Parrot's Beak, Cambodia, an area in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia * Parrot's Beak (Guinea), a region of Guinea traversed by the Mano River * Parrot's Beak, a monolith on Mount Pico de Loro in the Philippines Other uses * any tool in the shape of a parrot's beak, for example a type of pruning shears * ukpe-okhue, a crown of the Benin Empire * ''parrotbeak'', an obsolete east English regional name for the Atlantic puffin * "The Parrot's Beak", an autobiographical essay by South Asian American activist and writer Kartar Dhillon Kartar Dhillon ( pa, ਕਰਤਾਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ) was a South Asian American politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clianthus
''Clianthus'', commonly known as kakabeak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs native to New Zealand. They have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the kaka, a New Zealand parrot. The plants are also known as parrot's beak, parrot's bill and lobster claw – all references to the distinctive flowers. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers called: "Albus," and a variety with rosy pink flowers called: "Roseus." The two species are the critically endangered '' Clianthus puniceus'' which is now known in the wild only on Moturemu Island in the Kaipara Harbour, and the endangered ''Clianthus maximus''. In a 2005 survey, only 153 plants of ''C. maximus'' were found (down from over 1000 in 1996), mainly in the East Cape region. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotus Berthelotii
Lotus may refer to: Plants *Lotus (plant), various botanical taxa commonly known as lotus, particularly: ** ''Lotus'' (genus), a genus of terrestrial plants in the family Fabaceae **Lotus flower, a symbolically important aquatic Asian plant also known as Indian or sacred lotus * Lotus tree, a plant in Greek and Roman mythology Places *Lotus, California, an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States *Lotus, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana, United States *Lotus, Florida, a former village in Brevard County, Florida, United States * Lotus, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States Brands *Lotus Cars, a British motor vehicle manufacturer **Lotus F1 Team, a British Formula One team that started competing in the 2012 season **Team Lotus, a British Formula One racing team that competed between 1954 and 1994 ** Pacific Team Lotus, the successor team that resulted from a merger with Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heliconia Psittacorum
''Heliconia psittacorum'' (parrot's beak, parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false bird-of-paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ..., Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles. It is often cultivated as a tropical ornamental plant in regions outside its native range. Unlike most species of plants that require the use of pollinators for pollination the H. Psittacorum naturally prefers the absence of pollinators for pollination. In other words, it is well capable of pollinating itse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterostylis Nutans
''Pterostylis nutans'', commonly known as the nodding greenhood or the parrot's beak orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. Nodding greenhoods have flowers which "nod" or lean forwards strongly, have a deeply notched sinus and a curved, hairy labellum. Description ''Pterostylis nutans'' has a rosette of between three and six egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, each leaf long and wide. The leaves are dark green, have a wavy edge and a distinct petiole. A single translucent white flower with green stripes and brown colouration is borne on a flowering spike high, the flower strongly "nodding" or leaning forwards. The flowers are long, wide. There is a wide gap at each side of the flower between the petals and the lateral sepals. The lateral sepals curve forwards, have a tapering tip, long and there is a deeply notched sinus between them. The labellum protrudes from the flower and is long, wide, curved, blunt, green and brown and covered with short, bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrot's Beak, Cambodia
Parrot's Beak (''vùng mỏ két'', ''vùng mỏ vẹt'') was the name given to a salient of Svay Rieng Province, southeast Cambodia that protrudes into Hậu Nghĩa and Kien Tuong Provinces, Vietnam, approximately 65 km north-west of Saigon. History In the aftermath of Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845), the region was part of the Gia Định Province of the Empire of Đại Nam, later it became part of French Cochinchina. In July 1867, the French Cochinchina government ceded part of the Trảng Bàng Inspection (including the Parrot's Beak areas) to the Kingdom of Cambodia under a treaty with King Norodom. The Parrot's Beak is returned to Cambodia under the administration of Svay Theab District. During the Vietnam War the Parrot's Beak was a base and rest area for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong and one of the terminus points of the Ho Chi Minh Trail/Sihanouk Trail. The PAVN established Base Areas 367 and 706 in the Parrot's Beak. On 30 Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrot's Beak (Guinea)
Parrot's beak may refer to: Plants * ''Clianthus'', a genus of flowering plants of New Zealand * ''Lotus berthelotii'', a perennial plant endemic to the Canary Islands * ''Heliconia psittacorum'', a perennial herb of the Caribbean and South America * ''Pterostylis nutans'', also known as ''parrot's beak orchid'', an orchid of Australia and New Zealand Places * Parrot's Beak, Cambodia, an area in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia * Parrot's Beak (Guinea), a region of Guinea traversed by the Mano River * Parrot's Beak, a monolith on Mount Pico de Loro in the Philippines Other uses * any tool in the shape of a parrot's beak, for example a type of pruning shears * ukpe-okhue, a crown of the Benin Empire * ''parrotbeak'', an obsolete east English regional name for the Atlantic puffin * "The Parrot's Beak", an autobiographical essay by South Asian American activist and writer Kartar Dhillon Kartar Dhillon ( pa, ਕਰਤਾਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ) was a South Asian American politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mano River
The Mano River is a river in West Africa. It originates in the Guinea Highlands in Liberia and forms part of the Liberia-Sierra Leone Liberia–Sierra Leone border, border. The districts through which the river flows include the Parrot's Beak area of Guinea, Liberia's Lofa County and the Kono and Kailahun District of Sierra Leone. Diamond mining is a major industry in these areas. Control of the area's wealth and the instability of the national governments of all three countries led to a series of violent conflicts involving these districts in the 1990s (See Sierra Leone Civil War, First Liberian Civil War, Second Liberian Civil War The Second Liberian Civil War was a conflict in the West African nation of Liberia lasted from 1999 to 2003. It was preceded by the First Liberian Civil War, which ended in 1996. President Charles Taylor came to power in 1997 after victory in t ...). Liberia and Sierra Leone founded the Mano River Union in 1973. Guinea joined in 1980. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pico De Loro
Mount Pico de Loro, also known as ''Mount Palay-Palay'', is a dormant volcano located on the border of Cavite and Batangas, in the island of Luzon, Philippines. It is the highest mountain in the province of Cavite, with an elevation of above sea level and the highest peak of the Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape. The mountain is one of the ancient volcanic features of Bataan Arc. History Pico de Loro was first named by Spanish sea-farers which means "Parrot's Beak" as its pointed summit resembles the shape of a parrot's beak from afar and it is commonly used as a signal by sea-farers to turn east to get to Manila Bay. Governance Under the ''Proclamation No. 1315 s. 2007'' of the Philippine government, the Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape is placed under the protection and jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Geology Pico de Loro is found within the Talahib Andesite rock formation (Avila, 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pruning Shears
Pruning shears, also called hand pruners (in American English), or secateurs (in British English), are a type of scissors for use on plants. They are strong enough to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick. They are used in gardening, arboriculture, plant nursery works, farming, flower arranging, and nature conservation, where fine-scale habitat management is required. Loppers are a larger, two-handed, long-handled version for branches thicker than pruning shears can cut. History Cutting plants as part of gardening dates to antiquity in both European and East Asian topiary, with specialized scissors used for Chinese penjing and its offshoots – Japanese bonsai and Vietnamese Hòn Non-Bộ – for over a thousand years. In modern Europe, scissors only used for gardening work have existed since 1819, when the French aristocrat Antoine-François Bertrand de Molleville was listed in "Bon Jardinier", as the inventor of secateurs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukpe-okhue
The ukpe-okhue (Edo for "parrot's beak") is a crown traditionally worn by the ''Iyoba'' (queen mother) of the Oba of Benin. It is formed of a snood-like net of precious coral beadwork, using ''ileke'' ("royal") cylindrical beads. This type of crown was originated, and first worn, by the original queen mother Idia, the first woman granted the privilege to wear ''ileke'' beads. Named after a parrot's beak, it is a pointed hat Pointed hats have been a distinctive item of headgear of a wide range of cultures throughout history. Although often suggesting an ancient Indo-European tradition, they were also traditionally worn by women of Lapland, the Japanese, the Mi'kmaq ..., with its shape somewhat resembling a Phrygian cap with its point curving forward. Gallery Image:Afrikaabteilung in Ethnological Museum Berlin 29.JPG File:Queen Mother Pendant Mask- Iyoba MET DP231460.jpg References {{reflist Crowns (headgear) Benin Court Art African queen mothers Beadwork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic puffin ('), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin is found in the northeastern Pacific. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Russia, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and the Faroe Islands, and as far south as Maine in the west and France in the east. It is most commonly found in the Westman Islands, Iceland. Although it has a large population and a wide range, the species has declined rapidly, at least in parts of its range, resulting in it being rated as vulnerable by the IUCN. On land, it has the typical upright stance of an auk. At sea, it swims on the surface and feeds on small fish and crabs, which it catches by diving underwater, using its wings for propulsion. This puffin has a black crown and back, pale grey cheek patches, and a white body and underparts. Its broad, bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartar Dhillon
Kartar Dhillon ( pa, ਕਰਤਾਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ) was a South Asian American political activist and writer from California. Dhillon grew up in the Ghadar Party, working to end British colonialism in India. As an activist, she supported unions, the Black Panther Party, farm workers, political prisoners, and the Korean reunification movement. Her father Bakhshish Singh Dhillon and her mother Rattan Kaur lived in Oregon and California. Her father wasone of the first Punjabi pioneers to arrive in the United States in 1897. Kartar Dhillon was the fourth child in the family. At the time she was born, their family was the only Indian family in Simi Valley. From 1916 to 1922, she and her family lived in Astoria, Oregon, where she and her siblings attended school and her father worked at a lumber mill. Her family During World War II, Dhillon worked as a machinist and truck driver from the Marine Corps. Her youngest brother, Hari, also volunteered for the Marine Corps and was kille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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