Cliff-hanger. Trochetiopsis ebenus, Saint Helena's Ebony, Palm House, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

In November 1980 Saint Helena native George Benjamin and a young student of botany, British-born Quentin C.B. Cronk (1959-) were scouring the precipitous rocks of Saint Helena near Asses Ears in search of plants. They spotted shrubbery hanging off an almost inaccessible cliff face and didn't dare to climb down. But a few days later George's brother Charles - an intrepid fisherman - came with them. Tethered to a rope, he managed to climb down to obtain specimens and then drew himself up with a flowering branch clenched between his teeth. Indeed, the find turned out to be Trochetiopsis ebenus, thought then to be extinct (sainthelenaisland.info/nationalflower.htm; fine and scary photographs of their venture on that website and others akin). The rest is history... From those cuttings derive thousands of plants now growing throughout the world and also in our Hortus. The flower is today Saint Helena's national plant.

Taken in: Holland / North Holland / Binnenstad (show map)

Taken on: November 22, 2022

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Camera: Olympus TG-6, f/3.2, 1/125 sec, 5.4mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus TG-6
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	5.4mm
ISO:	125
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
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