Rain in Honolulu. Just an Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in the Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
It was raining in Honolulu as I made my way to the small but versatile Foster Botanical Garden, where we'd spent fine hours on an earlier visit some years ago. Founded by Wilhelm Hillebrand (1821-1886), physician to the Hawaiian royal family and botanist, it later came into the hands of Captain and Mrs.Thomas Foster (from whence its name). In 1920 it was bequeathed to the state and became a beautiful public garden.
I haven't had a chance to look at Hillebrand's Flora of Hawai'i (1888) to see if this particular Hibiscus - so prettily pink in the rain - is described in it and whether it was already known in Hawai'i at that time. Another Hibiscus - the Hibiscus brackenridgei - is the state's official flower. It is a particularly clear hue of yellow. Regardless, this pink beauty was especially appealing to me even in the rain (which soon ceased and gave way to a breezy, sun-shiny day).
Rain in Honolulu. Just an Hibiscus rosa-sinensis in the Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
It was raining in Honolulu as I made my way to the small but versatile Foster Botanical Garden, where we'd spent fine hours on an earlier visit some years ago. Founded by Wilhelm Hillebrand (1821-1886), physician to the Hawaiian royal family and botanist, it later came into the hands of Captain and Mrs.Thomas Foster (from whence its name). In 1920 it was bequeathed to the state and became a beautiful public garden.
I haven't had a chance to look at Hillebrand's Flora of Hawai'i (1888) to see if this particular Hibiscus - so prettily pink in the rain - is described in it and whether it was already known in Hawai'i at that time. Another Hibiscus - the Hibiscus brackenridgei - is the state's official flower. It is a particularly clear hue of yellow. Regardless, this pink beauty was especially appealing to me even in the rain (which soon ceased and gave way to a breezy, sun-shiny day).