On the River of Jewels
Hummingbirds

by

I.M. Spadecaller

On the River of Jewels
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On the River of Jewels
Spadecaller features the Cattleya orchid growing wild on the shores of the amazing Amazon River with the native hummingbird, the Glittering-Bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) hovering beside its radiant blossoms. Glittering Bellied Emeralds are native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. “On the River of Jewels” was completed in Spadecaller’s Florida Studio on 7/29/2023. This hand-painted digital image and photo composite includes some elements from Frederik Edwin Church’s oil painting, ‘El Rio de Luz, (1877).