The Bini-Bini was first discovered in the Caribbean by one Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the period between 1755 and 1759. In 1773 the plant was found in Florida by William Bartram.
The best-known orchid that naturally occurs on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao is perhaps the Brassavola nodosa, also known as the ‘Lady of the Night’.
Along the entire northern coast of our island, in the saliñas and along inlets and inner bays, grows a small plant that we all walk over carelessly and hardly look at.
When it rains the mondi is full with these cream coloured flowers, growing in dense clusters on shrubs or small trees that have dark green leaves that feel rough to the touch.
The Varronia curassavica is called Basora preto on Aruba, Karishuri on Bonaire and Basora pretu on Curaçao. It is a plant that can easily be overlooked and often considered to be a weed…
At Christmas the inner rosette of one of the Teku di mondi plants (Bromelia humilis) was bright red with a characteristic white cotton-like ball in the middle. Our teku would…
A little attention for one of the most hated prickly plants of our island, the Infrou or Opuntia caracassana, a plant that can be used perfectly to keep annoying fellow…