The more time I spend in Kapuas Hulu, the more I navigate by instinct not GPS. I spotted a hill that felt right. Same slope, same aspect, same rock face as where I’d found Paphiopedilum kolopakingii before. I was right. #conservation #planttrade #Paphiopedilum #kalimantan #orchid

Honestly forgot BlueSky exists. Trying to be a bit more engaged again. Currently deep in the field in West Kalimantan. Here are some of my favourite photos. I’ve just received a grant from the Carnivorous Plant Society and will be contributing to their newsletter regularly. #conservation #borneo

Contact Singapore Botanic Gardens and visit their website to attend.

Unsurprised. But the blame on the global south continues rather than blaming the west for its consumption: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I see this in my research “Typically, that process does not involve consultation with the people extracting or trading wildlife. Nor does it really consider insights from the social sciences, including economics, on the likely impact of trade measures on wildlife and people”

Obviously the term ‘poaching’ is a loaded term and not all plant collectors understand what is and what isn’t. But I am pleased to hear them understand a root cause of plant being over-harvested from the wild. #conservation #plants #sustainability

The freeze of the NIH is just the latest culmination of the right's long war on science, education, and democracy. Here are some of my ideas for what I think scientists can do about it. 🧪 conservechange.medium.com/five-things-...

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Along with invasive pine. Everyone should be concerned about specie endemism in Sulawesi.

Mamasa Toraja

Making new family friends in Mamasa West Sulawesi

IAPT Grants www.iaptglobal.org/grants

More plant diversity of Sulawesi

Not everyday needs to be an adventure but connecting with local hunters is equally important. So is trying the local brew.

Meeting new people on both sides of West and South Sulawesi .

Orchid diversity Sulawesi

Climbing down a mountain through a cutting made by a stream and rocks today was how I recorded plants. Then we had to climb back up again.

So I made to deep remote West Sulawesi which is very mountainous and lots of winding roads. But the views 💚

What does a botanist pack for fieldwork for West Sulawesi @leverhulme.bsky.social

Day two of the Indonesian plant Expo. Met Thai, Taiwanese and Vietnamese sellers today. The Aroid love is strong.

The Trust’s Study Abroad Studentship scheme is open until 7 January 2025. https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/study-abroad-studentships In Indonesia, @botanicalotter.bsky.social is working on ornamental plant #conservation through this scheme: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/study-abroad-studentships/cook

Met lots of endemic Hoya, orchid and Nepenthes growers today at the Indonesian Expo and I held a python. Made new friends from Vietnam as well.

Phalaenopsis amabilis, the moon orchid and a national flower of Indonesia. Flower of charm. #indonesia #orchid

"Flowers are larger in cold environments. The lowland tropics are mostly inhabited by white flowered species. At cold high elevations, red and pink flowered species are more frequent whereas green and purple flowered species increase in the drought-prone seasonally dry tropics."

I really want to trade a dog for plant hunting www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy Friday

Sharing my knowledge and expeditions exploring the plant trade in Indonesia with students from IPB University. One of the top universities in the region for agriculture and forestry. It’s a pleasure to work here and be part of the faculty of researchers and students. #indonesia #conservation #botany

Finally was able to book my first field reconnaissance to West Sulawesi for the 10 December, with thanks to RHS bursary committee. The Toraja people live West Sulawesi so maybe I might meet a mummy.

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Today visiting a silverculture trial site with native Indonesian trees with students from Silverculture IPB University

I never even used Twitter/X so maybe I will actively use this.