James Lawrence YOUNGSAYE [????- ]

• A New Zealand Chinese teacher, JL Youngsaye spent decades scouring Hong Kong, for wild orchids, and created a botanical garden in Kowloon City in the 1930s
• His garden was destroyed during World War II, but he continued to mentor enthusiasts until the 1980s and co-wrote field guide Hong Kong Orchids
• Ethnically Chinese, despite the Anglicised surname (originally Yeung, also spelled Young), JL, as he was known, initially came to Hong Kong to study electrical engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), and later became a popular, warmly regarded chemistry and mathematics teacher at the Diocesan Boys’ School in Kowloon, where he taught from 1924 until his retirement, in 1963

( Source: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3168354/how-orchid… )