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I’m a #plant #taxonomist, how can I promote te reo Māori? Easy! use Māori when naming new #species Here examples frm @Te_Papa botanical collection Raukaua simplex, Phyllocladus toatoa, #Myosotis rakiura & #Senecio wairauensis #WikioteReoMaori #NZplants #NgāTipuOAotearoa #taxonomy
#orchid seeds need a #fungus to germinate. They form this cotton ball like structures inside the #orchid root. We’re using #DNA studies @Te_Papa genetics lab with @DNAninja1 to identify what fungal #species they belong to #science #museum #conservation #NZplants #OtariWiltonsBush
A phone on a stick! gadget I used today 2 share our #collections @Te_Papa with students from #Whenuakite School. They got to see #plants collected by #BanksAndSolander almost 250 years ago at Mercury Bay a few kms frm their school! #Tuia250 #WELTherbariun #science #STEM #museums
Today we spent a few hours in the countryside #orchid hunting with @MarcFreestone @lys_m_weinstein @sau916 here some pics of the bee orchid & the man orchid! Thanks to @LeifBersweden our fild trip guide & orchid specialist! #UK #IOCCVII #photography #conservation #science
Some amazing botanical #illustrations from the late 1800s & early 1990s #orchids frm #Chile #Australia & #NewZealand @Te_Papa #WELTherbarium
Not many #orchids but lots of strange looking #mushrooms @NZBayofIslands today. Any idea of what are the species names? Or genus? #NZfungi
#orchids & mega #daisy from #subantarctic Islands #NewZealand a quick visit this morning to the coolest section of #WELTherbarium @Te_Papa
The silver #fern is a #NewZealand icon. Naturalists Banks & Solander collected very 1st specimens in 1769 @Te_Papa
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