The botanists who saw Cayman’s uniqueness
Long before cruise ships and condominiums reshaped the Cayman shoreline, long before the islands had roads, electricity or even a formal government, Cayman’s first great storytellers were not writers but botanists.
They came with notebooks, hand lenses, canvas satchels and a curiosity that bordered on obsession. They walked ironshore, waded mangrove flats, followed marl tracks into the bluff forest and wrote down, carefully, what they saw.
Their work remains one of the most important gifts ever given to these islands. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Jan 24, 2026 12:14 PM