and Bertil Lind, Malmö, Sweden
For more than three decades Johannes travelled around in Africa exploring the antropologic aspects. He was a dentist and already in the 30s he studied the teath of the mumies in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. After the war he studied the tribes' teeth at jungle hospitals in Congo and in Kenya, he was interested in the tribes different rituals applied to their teeth. Later followed exbeditions to Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. He brought back scientific material that were placed at the National Museum and the Konnilds had an extensive collection of ethnographic artifacts that were given to the Zoo when Johannes died in 1987. Their african collection can be seen at Café K in the Zoo which is named after Johannes Konnild.
Johannes was a member of the Adventurers Club and founded in 1987 the Danish African Association. You can join this club if you have travelled south of the equator.
Nanna Konnild took care of the plant for about 35 years until the late 90s when she got tired of it and threw it out. Luckily she had given a cutting to a friends friend, Bertil at a dinner party in 1995. Bertil took the plant back to Malmö and took well care of it. When Bertil heard of Vintage Plant he contacted us wanting to share the story of this plant. We got several cuttings from it and Bertil sent a cutting back to Nanna, so now she again has a part of the plant but a different generation.
It is very easy to propagate the plant, you just cut of a piece, put it in water for a week and plant it. Give it a little water when it feels dry.
*Karen Blixen is a famous danish writer whos most famous book "Out of Africa" tells the story of her exciting life in Africa; the life on the coffee plantation, an unfaithful husband and a tragic love affair.
