Cloud Forests : Conserving Our Botanical Treasures


Bogor and Jakarta

Ethnobotany Research

Mt. Ranaka
16 Bus to Ruteng
17 Bus Terminal
18 Ruteng Market
19 School Children
20 Ruteng Nature Center
21 Mt. Ranaka
22 Field Documentation
23 Exciting Discoveries
24 Lunch Break
25 Rana
26 Rhodo. zollingeri
27 Tasmannia piperita
28 Ranaka Summit
29 Specimen Processing
30 Wol & Lotus

The Future

// Photo Series //

Flores - Mt. Ranaka
unidentified Vaccinium and Rhododendron renschianum

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Another unidentified Vaccinium species with large leathery leaves and bright red flowers. Rhododendron renschianum is native to the Lesser Sunda Islands, and while plants from other islands such as Sulawesi are in cultivation, this is a significant first collection of live material from Flores.



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