Midday Star. Cleretum bellidiforme, Livingstone Daisy, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cleretum is the present-day name for what was earlier South Africa's Mesembryanthemum, Midday Flower, for Jacob Breyne (1637-1697) and Dorotheanthus, Dorothy's Flower, for Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (1881-1951), in honor of his mother. It's not very clear why it is now Cleretum; it is said that name references the small pebbles that its leaves resemble. It's commonly known as Livingstone Daisy, the name given it by Samuel Ryder (1858-1936). Ryder was a business man, a golf enthusiast - the Ryder Cup was established by him 1927 - and also a professing Christian with great admiration for David Livingstone (1813-1875), the Scottish explorer of Africa and missionary.
Midday Star. Cleretum bellidiforme, Livingstone Daisy, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cleretum is the present-day name for what was earlier South Africa's Mesembryanthemum, Midday Flower, for Jacob Breyne (1637-1697) and Dorotheanthus, Dorothy's Flower, for Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (1881-1951), in honor of his mother. It's not very clear why it is now Cleretum; it is said that name references the small pebbles that its leaves resemble. It's commonly known as Livingstone Daisy, the name given it by Samuel Ryder (1858-1936). Ryder was a business man, a golf enthusiast - the Ryder Cup was established by him 1927 - and also a professing Christian with great admiration for David Livingstone (1813-1875), the Scottish explorer of Africa and missionary.