Photograph: South American Pictures, Tony Morrison
At age 79, Mee worked through the night to capture the Amazon moonflower blooming.
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Mee sketching a heliconia, 1967
Photograph: Otis Imboden/National Geographic Creative
Mee handling a plant specimen while on her fourth expedition, 1967
Photograph: Otis Imboden/National Geographic Creative
Margaret Mee sketching in the Amazon rainforest, Rio Negro, 1988
Photograph: South American Pictures, Tony Morrison
Margaret Mee sketching Selenicereus wittii Anavilhanas, 1988, Rio Negro, Amazon
Photograph: South American Pictures, Tony Morrison
Margaret Mee sketching Selenicereus wittii, nighttime, 1988, Rio Negro, Amazon
Photograph: South American Pictures, Tony Morrison
Margaret Mee sketching Selenicereus wittii Anavilhanas on the roof of a boat, 1988, Rio Negro, Amazon
Photograph: South American Pictures, Tony Morrison
Margaret Mee and Roberto Burle Marx in his home in Rio de Janeiro, 1988
Photograph: South American Pictures, Tony Morrison