Straps. Chinese Fringe Flower, Loropetalum chinense, Melaka, Malaysia

            On February 18, 1817 British HMS Alceste - once the French navy's Minerve - was shipwrecked in the Java Sea. Ten days later she was sacked and burned by Malay pirates. Most aboard - including the intrepid surgeon and naturalist Clarke Abel (1780-1826) - were saved and they survived after many adventures. But Abel's large collection of Chinese plants was lost. He'd collected them as a member of a British failed expedition to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese court, 1816-1817. He'd left several of his plants with the orientalist George Staunton (1781-1859) at Canton who later returned them to him.
One of these was a specimen of our shrub which was first described as a Hamamelis. It's now known as Loropetalum chinense. The plant has spread all over the world especially for purposes of ornamentation and hedging. It's also known as 'Strapping Flower'. I suppose because its petals look like the straps used once on naughty schoolboys like myself...
   

Taken in: Malaysia / Melaka / Saint Paul’s Hill (show map)

Taken on: July 5, 2023

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Camera: Olympus TG-6, f/4.5, 1/200 sec, 9mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus TG-6
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	9mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	-0.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Version 1.0
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