Postcard from Borneo #7: Of the rarest plant of all

March 29, 2010

In case you were wondering: yes, we did see one. Rafflesia keithii (I think): one of the 17 known species …

Seeding the world #2

March 19, 2009

What surprised me on my behind-the-scenes tour of the Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place was just how many plants there …

March 8, 2009

Sometimes I feel so privileged in my job. The other day I got to poke around in the back rooms …