Ceylon 1955 Reel 8 of 24
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:53
| Film ID | F16-0088 |
| Film Description | Reel 8 of 24 Unedited travelogue Ceylon Kandy Botanical Gardens Road to Ratnapura Shotlist1955: Reel 8: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. July 23-25. Kandy. Botanical Garden. Road to Ratnapura.Sensitive plant; see how petals close when touched. Royal palm avenue. Base of royal palms --bottle shaped. Parasite tree (Fincus) around oil palm. Top view; palms emerging from parasite tree; palm does not die. Wormia, yellow-white conical center. Cottage Rim Avenue. Cattleya Adendie-Brazil-dark pink. Butterfly orchid. Rendrobium- May Queen purple. Star Orchid-Ceylon- Pink white, yellow center. Lady Slipper. Yellow. Two stamens, red at base. Poison creeper. Gloria ossia. Spider orchid-red, 5 petals. Center yellow with two dark spots which makes it look like a spider. Light purple, dark pink lower tongue, yellow center. Miss Joaquin. Scorpion orchid, yellow and red. Green orchid, 18". Rendrobium Moschantum. Yellow cup center, dark red inside. Ground orchid, 5 petals, yellow with dark specks. Bamboo orchid, leaves like bamboo, deep purple, lower lip, touch of yellow. Dragon orchid, 5 petals, brown and yellow. Light yellow, 5 petals, slightly tangential striped red center, no common name: Odontandenia speciosai --South America. Ground orchid, pink, five petals. Balsam orchid, clump, long needles, pink. Balsam orchid--distant view. Donkey head. Long green leaf. Velvet-leaf, white streaks, green. General view of walk. Monkey tail. Hanging red flower. Queen of the flowers, Lady Amherst. General view; Christmas tree and general picture. (Note: in Botanical Garden from 8:40-12:45) Elephants carrying logs. Elephants bathing and getting scrubbed. Trimming nails .(Note: end of trunk, just projection above water level. ) Scenes on way to Anuradhapura, (Note: framework of building, two other houses, termite hill. ) Digging a well. (Note: shade protection above crank operator,) Flowers. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Sri Lanka, Kandy, Botanical gardens, Gardens, Ratnapura area |