The monk, Charles Plumier, was a botanist and missionary living in Haiti toward the end of the 17th century. When he discovered the flower he named it for Leonhard Fuchs, a German naturalist and professor of medicine. He published his findings and illustrated the flower but no one in Europe ever saw the flower. It was assumed that he made up the whole thing.
In 1873 Thomas Hogg secured its seeds in 1873. Since then the fuchsia has grown in desirability.
For computer geeks fuchsia, in computer usage, is an "alias" for #FF00FF. The rest of us might refer to #FF00FF simply as magenta (welcome to web speak. Google it for fun).
In 1873 Thomas Hogg secured its seeds in 1873. Since then the fuchsia has grown in desirability.
For computer geeks fuchsia, in computer usage, is an "alias" for #FF00FF. The rest of us might refer to #FF00FF simply as magenta (welcome to web speak. Google it for fun).
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