Ecuador Heather. Cavendishia grandifolia, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, NY, USA
If you've ever looked carefully at the common heathers of the moors, for example, of northern Europe or the arid areas of South Africa you will immediately see a resemblance to this magnificent plant from South-American Ecuador. Cavendishia grandifolia is a member of the Ericaceae. It was described at the beginning of the twentieth century by Rudolf Hörold (1882-1945). Hörold in 1937 became the head of the gardens of Sanssouci in Potsdam near Berlin. He was a member of the Nazi-party, and after the fall of that Reich, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities on suspicion of having hidden weapons in the gardens. Released, he committed suicide on July 2, 1945.
'Cavendishia' stands for William George Spencer Cavendish (1790-1858), who was highly instrumental in establishing the gardens at Kew, England, as the national botanical garden of the United Kingdom.
Travelling through NYC on a sad family errand, I stopped, of course, to look at the marvellous Botanical Garden here. For a couple of hours my mind was turned to the Beauty and Life of Nature...
Ecuador Heather. Cavendishia grandifolia, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, NY, USA
If you've ever looked carefully at the common heathers of the moors, for example, of northern Europe or the arid areas of South Africa you will immediately see a resemblance to this magnificent plant from South-American Ecuador. Cavendishia grandifolia is a member of the Ericaceae. It was described at the beginning of the twentieth century by Rudolf Hörold (1882-1945). Hörold in 1937 became the head of the gardens of Sanssouci in Potsdam near Berlin. He was a member of the Nazi-party, and after the fall of that Reich, he was arrested by the Soviet authorities on suspicion of having hidden weapons in the gardens. Released, he committed suicide on July 2, 1945.
'Cavendishia' stands for William George Spencer Cavendish (1790-1858), who was highly instrumental in establishing the gardens at Kew, England, as the national botanical garden of the United Kingdom.
Travelling through NYC on a sad family errand, I stopped, of course, to look at the marvellous Botanical Garden here. For a couple of hours my mind was turned to the Beauty and Life of Nature...