Nutritious Small Pinks. Persicaria capitata, Pink Knotweed, and Green Furrow Bee, Lasioglossum morio, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
There are lots of Persicarias - in fact, one of them is a special favorite of mine on account of its honey: Buckwheat. This particular flower from the Himalayas intrigues because of its globular flower heads composed of lots of tiny florets. It was first collected 1802/3 by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829). He'd studied medicine in Edinburgh and wrote a thesis on malaria. He became a member of the British East India Company for which he worked 1794-1815 as an explorer, naturalist and physician. Among many publications he wrote an acclaimed An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal (1811) and his botanical finds were published in 1825.
This pretty Knotweed is here being visited by a small Sweatbee, Green or Emerald Furrow Bee.
Nutritious Small Pinks. Persicaria capitata, Pink Knotweed, and Green Furrow Bee, Lasioglossum morio, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
There are lots of Persicarias - in fact, one of them is a special favorite of mine on account of its honey: Buckwheat. This particular flower from the Himalayas intrigues because of its globular flower heads composed of lots of tiny florets. It was first collected 1802/3 by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829). He'd studied medicine in Edinburgh and wrote a thesis on malaria. He became a member of the British East India Company for which he worked 1794-1815 as an explorer, naturalist and physician. Among many publications he wrote an acclaimed An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal (1811) and his botanical finds were published in 1825.
This pretty Knotweed is here being visited by a small Sweatbee, Green or Emerald Furrow Bee.