San Francisco Botanical Garden Society

Cloud Forests : Conserving Our Botanical Treasures

20 Mountain Trail
21 Above Agriculture
22 Hmong Women
23 Black Tai Village
24 Meeting Hall
25 Heading Out
26 Looking Back
27 At 1000 Meters
28 Collecting Begins
29 A Rich Mix
30 At the Summit
31 Dr. Dan Harder
32 Dr. Phan Ke Loc
33 Dr. Nguyen Tien Hiep
34 Dr. Leonid Averyanov
35 A New Coelogyne
36 Calocedrus
37 Summit View
38 Making Notes
39 Cycas collina

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Leaves and stems of Cycas collina. The number of cycad species known in Vietnam has almost doubled due to Dr. Hiep's discoveries, and Vietnam now rivals Australia as the country boasting the greatest number of native cycad species.