Indies Mix-up. Tropaeolum majus, Nasturtium, Hoftuin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When you walk through the well-known H'Art Museum (formerly the Hermitage; but what a terrible acronym!) and exit at the rear you'll be in the pretty Hoftuin. The Hoftuin has a small herbal garden and that's where Olymp saw this nice Nasturtium, still out in fine colors. In Dutch it's called 'Oost-Indische Kers', suggesting a provenance from the East Indies. The confusion apparently arose because Dutch fleets from the East Indies often sailed back via South America, the West Indies, whence this plant (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/44512980795/in/photoli...).
Indies Mix-up. Tropaeolum majus, Nasturtium, Hoftuin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
When you walk through the well-known H'Art Museum (formerly the Hermitage; but what a terrible acronym!) and exit at the rear you'll be in the pretty Hoftuin. The Hoftuin has a small herbal garden and that's where Olymp saw this nice Nasturtium, still out in fine colors. In Dutch it's called 'Oost-Indische Kers', suggesting a provenance from the East Indies. The confusion apparently arose because Dutch fleets from the East Indies often sailed back via South America, the West Indies, whence this plant (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/44512980795/in/photoli...).