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Object Story: The Steamboat "Peter Crary"

A highly-detailed “ship portrait” of a steamboat pulling another vessel.

Tin candle lamp with wire stem topped with finger or hanging loop; a tin tray holds the two candle holder and slides up and down the stem.

Object Story: A Short History of Lighting

Examine a range of lighting implements from candles and rushlights to oil burning lamps.

Plant with pale green cylindrical stems and white spine-like growths.

Cylindropuntia munzii

Let’s explore a plant that we do not want to touch with our hands! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Plant with large green vertical leaves grows in front of a concrete wall. The plant is surrounded by shorter dark plants.

Johannesteijsmanni altifrons

Let’s explore one of the largest tropical plants in The Huntington’s conservatory! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Large succulent with bright green stems.

Opuntia ficus-indica

Let’s explore a plant common to Southern California. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Plant with long overlapping dark green leaves with spine-like growths on the edges. The plant has stick-like roots connecting the leaves to the soil.

Pandanus pristis

Let’s explore a plant growing in the conservatory. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Plant with its roots attached to a branch. The plant is growing downward.

Myrmecodia tuberosa

Let’s explore a plant growing in the conservatory. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Plant attached to a concrete wall. The plant has three vertical leaves.

Anthurium warocqueanum

Let’s explore a plant with no roots in the ground! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Spherical plant with ridges and yellow spine-like growths

Echinocactus grusonii

Let's explore a balloon-shaped plant! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Tree growing in front of a concrete wall. The tree is growing out of the frame of the photo. A green epiphyte is attached to the plant.

Cryosophila albida

Let's explore a plant that grows deep in The Huntington’s conservatory! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?