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Contents
CAYMAN CULTURAL,
HISTORIC
1975 Royal Society - CI Government Expedition to Little Cayman
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CAYMAN PLANTS
CAYMAN SPORTS
CAYMAN TOURS
and TRAILS
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Colliers Wilderness Reserve
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Colliers Wilderness Reserve
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CAYMAN WILDLIFE
CAYMAN
MUSHROOMS, LICHENS AND OTHER FUNGI
CAYMAN CULTURAL, HISTORIC
Cayman history, architecture, step-wells, house-shaped
gravestones in Grand Cayman cemeteries, Cayman traditional arts and crafts.
Catboats - local woods used catboat construction, Silver Thatch plaiting, gigs,
calavans, paintings, Miss Lassie's house, Wattle and Daub houses and the woods
that were used in their construction. http://caymannature.wordpress.com/cultural
Historic Cayman
1802 Corbet Report on the Cayman Islands (p.11), Lt. Governor George
Nugent Letters on the Cayman Islands, including 1802 Grand Cayman CENSUS, Pedro
St. James, Fort George and more.
1802 Corbet
Report on the Cayman Islands and 1802 Census
House-shaped gravestones, grave markers, in the Cayman
Islands were found in all districts. Some still exist in cemeteries in Grand
Cayman: North West Point, West Bay; George Town; Prospect; Spotts, Pedro St.
James; Bodden Town; Old Man Bay; North Side; East End (?); Gun Bay. http://caymannature.wordpress.com/cultural
1938 Apr.17 to Aug.27 (4½ months) The party comprised:-
W. Gemmel Alexander - leader and organiser; C. Bernard Lewis (Wadham College) -
biologist (lewisi) W.N. Paton (Magdalen College) - marine biologist; Wilfred
Kings Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby - botanist (kingsii); Gerald Thompson (St.
Edmund Hall) – biologist (thompsonii). Allen Wolsey Cardinall - Cayman Islands
Commissioner; Urban Myles – cook; Bentley Ross - boat driver; Roddie Watler,
(Police Inspector) - truck owner.
Joint Royal Society and Cayman Islands Government
Expedition to Little Cayman in 1975, when the island was little known
scientifically.
Team of scientists:
D.R. Stoddart (Cambridge): geomorphology, leader
R.R. Askew (Manchester): entomology
A.W. Diamond (Nairobi): orthnithology
M.E.C. Giglioli (George Town): marine studies and liaison
M.V. Hounsome (Manchester) land fauna other than insects
G.W. Potts (Plymouth: marine ecology
G.R. Proctor (Kingston): botany
C. Woodruffe (Cambridge): Mangroves (part-time)
D.R. Stoddart (Cambridge): geomorphology, leader
R.R. Askew (Manchester): entomology
A.W. Diamond (Nairobi): orthnithology
M.E.C. Giglioli (George Town): marine studies and liaison
M.V. Hounsome (Manchester) land fauna other than insects
G.W. Potts (Plymouth: marine ecology
G.R. Proctor (Kingston): botany
C. Woodruffe (Cambridge): Mangroves (part-time)
CAYMAN PLANTS
Photos of Cayman’s native and naturalized plants
Cayman Islands
FLORA images (arranged in scientific name order A - Z) including Dendrophylax
fawcettii (Ghost Orchid), Exostema caribaeum, Neoregnellia cubensis,
Rochefortia acanthophora, Tournefortia astrotricha, Zanthoxylum sp, now
identified as Z. caribaeum, found on the Mastic Trail, Grand Cayman. Full
descriptions can be found in the book Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R.
Proctor, Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW 2012, which covers Ferns, Zamia,
Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons. The book includes Cayman Islands endemics and
near-neighbor endemics (Jamaica and Cuba).
More pictures of
Cayman’s native and naturalized plants –
Cayman Islands FLORA images (arranged in scientific name
order A - Z) - especially plants with a more limited distribution. Full
descriptions can be found in the book Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R.
Proctor, Royal Botanic Gardens, KEW 2012, which covers Ferns, Zamia,
Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons. The book includes Cayman Islands endemics and
near-neighbor endemics (Jamaica and Cuba).
Identification - Cayman wild plants: native &
naturalized, scanned Virtual Herbarium specimens, mostly trees & shrubs.
Caption includes FLORA of Cayman Islands by George R. Proctor 2012: page #,
Fig.# Plate# (Proctor 2012 p. Fig. Pl); Wild Trees in CI by Fred Burton,
illustrated by Penny Clifford: page # /bark page # (Wild Trees p. / ) &
Threatened Plants of CI, The Red List by Frederic J. Burton 2008 (Red List p.).
Common names: Cayman common names are almost always different from the same
species growing elsewhere. Native or naturalized: All Cayman Islands native
plants are tropical, but not all tropical plants, such as many used in
landscaping, are native to the Cayman Islands. A plant that is native to
southern Florida may, or may not, be native to the Cayman Islands. A Cayman
Islands native plant species is one that occurs naturally in the Cayman Islands
without direct or indirect human actions. Some plants (and animals) are native
to only one or two of the three Cayman Islands.
American botanist George Proctor was a
world authority on the flora of Jamaica, where he had lived since 1949. Born in
Boston, he studied for his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania after the
Second World War. Reduced funding at this time led him to take up work as a
herbarium assistant at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (1946-1947).
In 1948 a defining event occurred when he was appointed botanist with the
Catherwood-Chaplin West Indies Expedition, which took him to Cuba, the Caymans,
San Andres y Providencia and mainland Colombia. He wrote the Flora of the
Cayman Islands, first published in 1984, 2nd. edition 2012.
Cayman Islands
medicinal and healing plants, Bush Medicine and old-time remedies, plants of
cultural significance used in shipbuilding, general utility and construction.
Reference: Healing Plants of the Cayman Islands, compiled by Lorna McCubbin,
March 15, 1995, including information from Oral History interviews at the
Cayman Islands National Archive.
The information
is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be an endorsement of
any of the old-time remedies. Some parts of a plant, ripe or unripe, may heal,
while other parts of the same plant may be poisonous. There may be a fine line
between kill and cure.
Plant Families in the Cayman Islands arranged in
phylogenetic sequence as in FLORA of the CAYMAN ISLANDS by George R. Proctor:
Monocotyledon genera - scientific names A-Z, followed by Dicotyledon genera -
scientific names A-Z.
Grand Cayman gardens, inland and on the coast - both
sandy beach and rocky ironshore.
CAYMAN SPORTS
Cayman Sports
events: Swimming - One Mile Sea Swim history, Pirates Week 3 Mile/5K Sea Swim,
CARIFTA Games; Sailing - Round-the-Island Race, Olympics, Cayman Catboat
construction, Fiddlesticks catboat; Running - Cross Island Road Relay, 10K Run,
Hash House Harriers; Cycling; Triathlon; Tennis; Squash; St Ignatius Catholic
School first sports day.
CaymanSports_2 - mostly Cayman Islands Hash House
Harriers.
1987 Dec. 6
500th. Hash Run
1997 June 16
1000th. Hash Run
2016 Aug. 1
2000th. Hash Run
CAYMAN TOURS
and TRAILS
Nature Tours -
Activities, things to do and see – places of natural, historical and cultural
interest – Smith’s Barcadere (Smith’s Cove), South Sound, Bodden Town, Meagre
Bay Pond Bird Sanctuary, Blow Holes, East End village, Lighthouse Park,
Colliers, Queens Highway, Old Man Bay, Frank Sound Road, etc. Stop along the
way to see plants in different habitats, especially those of cultural
significance with unique Cayman common names, birds, butterflies and other
creatures. Native plants and animals are part of intricate food webs. Watler
Cemetery has house-shaped graves. Mastic Trail and Queen Elizabeth II Botanic
Park. Ann Stafford is a Cayman Islands native plants expert and co-author with
R.R. Askew of the book Butterflies of the Cayman Islands.
Cayman Islands environments, Nature Tours
www.caymannature.ky; Stingray City Tours - private charters, half-day and full
day, North Sound, in Outrage 270 power boat or J-22 sailboat; Cayman Crystal
Caves.
The Ironwood Forest, Grand Cayman, is a unique,
self-sustaining ancient growth forest, anchored on a ridge of pinnacled Cayman
Dolostone limestone rock. It is SE of George Town, on a fresh water lens, in a
high rainfall area and has an amazing diversity of Cayman indigenous plants,
including endemics and single-neighbor endemics. Many plants are Endangered and
Critically Endangered, such as a giant Bromeliad – Hohenbergia caymanensis and the Grand Cayman Ghost Orchid – Dendrophylax fawcettii, both of which
grow on culturally significant Ironwood trees – Chionanthus caymanensis. Maybe it will take an orchid to save a
forest.
Grand Cayman Mastic Trail from South to North trailhead: a
wilderness trail 2.3 miles long across the centre of the island, traversing a
variety of habitats. The trail is not suitable for children under six years
old, the elderly and infirm, or for persons with physical handicaps or
conditions that may require emergency medical assistance. Your guide can accept
no liability for injuries sustained on the trail. It is not suitable for
running, bicycles or horses. You will need: Walking shoes (NOT flipflops), and
both hands free, the trail is uneven – rocky and with tree roots and slippery
if wet, water, hat, sunscreen, (insect repellant). Do not take any plant or
animal from National Trust property. No dogs are allowed. Poisonous plants such
as Maiden Plum have sap which can cause serious skin reactions, stay on the
path and exercise reasonable caution!
Visitor Centre
and Gift Shop, Woodland Trail, Blue Iguana habitat, Lake, Floral Colour Garden,
Heritage Garden and traditional Cayman cottage, Xerophytic Garden and Orchid
Boardwalk.
take a scroll
through the photos.
South Sound - stepwells and old stonewalls, turtle nests and shipwrecks, mangroves and dyke roads, Sand Cay and Pull-and-Be-Damned Point, Grand Old House and Miss Lassie’s House, Smith Barcadere (aka The Cove), the J. S. Webster Estate, Silver Thatch and rope-making, English Point and Portuguese Point, Rugby, Tennis and Squash Clubs, butterflies and bugs, Whistling Ducks and Hickatees, herons and egrets, schools and churches, Valentine’s Mile and Fun Runs …
South Sound - stepwells and old stonewalls, turtle nests and shipwrecks, mangroves and dyke roads, Sand Cay and Pull-and-Be-Damned Point, Grand Old House and Miss Lassie’s House, Smith Barcadere (aka The Cove), the J. S. Webster Estate, Silver Thatch and rope-making, English Point and Portuguese Point, Rugby, Tennis and Squash Clubs, butterflies and bugs, Whistling Ducks and Hickatees, herons and egrets, schools and churches, Valentine’s Mile and Fun Runs …
Barkers National Park, West Bay, Grand Cayman. Cayman
Pygmy Blue Butterfly and its larval food plant Glasswort - Salicornia perennis, Palmetto Pond, Sea Pond, Washwood - Jacquinia keyensis, Red Mangroves, Black
Mangroves
CAYMAN WILDLIFE
Cayman Islands
butterflies, day-flying moths and nocturnal moths, including some Sphinx / Hawk
moths, Family: SPHINGIDAE, found in the Cayman Islands, and their larval food
plants. Books with descriptions of butterflies and their plants: Butterflies of
the Cayman Islands by R.R. Askew and P.A. van B. Stafford, Apollo Books 2008
and Flora of the Cayman Islands by George R. Proctor, Royal Botanic Gardens,
KEW 2012.
Cayman Nature - Birds, bugs, snails, snakes, crabs and other
creatures and their habitats.
Cayman Islands endemic species, subspecies and varieties
of flora and fauna. An endemic species is one that originated or evolved in a
particular place, and that situation won't change in the future. They may be
endemic to one or more of the three islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and
Cayman Brac. Some plants and animals are native to only one or two of the three
Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands have 28 endemic taxa (species and varieties)
of plant and 5 endemic subspecies of butterfly. The plants are arranged by scientific
name A - Z. The butterflies are arranged in taxonomic sequence. A Cayman
Islands indigenous / native species is one that occurs naturally in the Cayman
Islands without direct or indirect human actions.
To book a Nature Tour visit http://www.caymannature.ky/Nature_Tours.html
Invasive plants, Green Iguanas, Lepidoptera (butterflies
and moths), Scale insects
CAYMAN MUSHROOMS, LICHENS AND OTHER FUNGI
Cayman Islands mushrooms, lichens and other fungi have
not been scientifically studied or documented. It is not stated here whether
they are edible or poisonous. Individuals are responsible for the decision to
eat or not to eat. Some identification has been attempted, but may not have
been verified.
