According to Google Doodle, gardeners and botanists Sagarik were born 97 years ago in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand - home to nearly 1,300 native species of orchid.
He is famous as the "father of Thai orchids". He was born on December 4,22 and died on February 17, 2018.
Professor Sagarik is also the Principal of Kasetsart University in Bangkok and also works at the Faculty of Agriculture, Maejo University in the northern city of Chiang Mai.
"He is considered Thailand's leading expert in breeding and conserving these beautiful, sophisticated plants," said Google Doodle.
Lanterns, once considered the flower of the rich, have become more accessible thanks to the research efforts of Professor Sagarik.
He founded the Thai Lotus Society in 1957 and then became a regular speaker at the World Lotus Conference. In 1984, he organized the first Asia-Pacific Flowers Conference. Thanks to the efforts of Professor Sagarik, Thailand's first orchid library opened in December 1993.
Professor Sagarik once contemplated, "these flowers are not like the flowers you see every day - the flowers bloom and then wither". Because the beauty of orchids is passed down to future generations and he calls them the flowers of "love in humanity".
Thailand is currently the world's leading sunflower importer and the most popular sunflower varieties are breeds made from Thai native sunflowers. Doodle on December 4 to honor Thai professors was designed by Erich Nagler and accessed by Google users in Thailand and Vietnam.
