galerie HOP, Delfzijl
- November 16, 2013 until January 11, 2014
Works on display
Kniphofia
2012This flower has its origins in the southern and eastern parts of the African continent. There are about 40 to 60 species known. These plants grow mainly at the foot of mountains, preferably in humid conditions, such as along streams and rivers, in rough grassland and stony places. The Kniphofia genus is named after Johannes Hieronymus Kniphof (1704-1763), professor of medicine at the Erfurt University in Germany. Kniphof wrote a number of books such as ‘Botany in Originali’ and ‘Herbaricum Vivum’, in which 1200 illustrations of dried plants were included.
Narcisamaniet
2012The bottom of a Daffodil-amanita. This pale yellow, poisonous mushroom is common in coniferous forests in the dunes of North-Holland and the Wadden Islands. The sheets on the bottom of the cap contain the spores: the germs of a new mushroom. The cap itself protects the spores underneath from rain, in order to prevent them from cleaving together and the stem ensures that they will not fall directly onto the ground below the mushroom, but may be easily dispersed by the wind.