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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

For over 100 years, epiphytes - plants that grow on other plants such as orchids & bromeliads - were believed to be widespread and resilient 🌿 But our new study in Nature Plants tells a very different story 👇

Red and green bromeliads growing epiphytically on a mossy tree trunk in a tropical forest.

Researcher wearing glasses and a cap points to a small epiphytic plant growing on a mossy tree trunk in a forest.

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This year’s #metgala was based on M.L. Miller’s groundbreaking book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. ...As usual some celebs missed the theme, dressing as some of our favourite fungi 🍄✨ Starting with Cynthia Erivo as Cosmospora arxii 🍄🧵👇

Cynthia Erivo in a black and red dress. Photo copyright Harpers Bazaar

A black fungus ball with red and transparent droplets © Max Mudie, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Hampton Court tulips & spring flowers looking colourful!

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Magnolias still looking beautiful @rbgkew.bsky.social but will be going over soon!

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Tim Utteridge @timutteridge.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Trees of New Guinea: - Guide to all 693 tree genera - Fully illustrated with photos and line art - PDF available here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We're making over 7 million specimens freely accessible to anyone around the world, accelerating research into our greatest challenges 🌍 But how can a specimen collected by Charles Darwin help us combat climate change? 🌿 Learn more & help immortalise a specimen today👉 www.kew.org/science/digi...

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

BIG NEWS: Fungi take the spotlight on the IUCN Red List! 🌏🍄@iucnfungi.bsky.social For the first time, over 1,000 fungi have been assessed - helping us understand the threats they face from habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. 🧪⚒️ #FungiFridays #Conservation

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Beautiful Magnolias at Kew @rbgkew.bsky.social at the moment, worth a visit!

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

It's been busy in Madagascar on our 2025 Herbarium Techniques course! Participants from the University of Antananarivo, Tsimbazaza Zoo & Botanical Gardens, and Kew Madagascar have gotten hands on with best practices for creating high-quality collections and effectively managing herbarium specimens!

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Mark Nesbitt @marknesbitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Pachypodium growing in the RHS Wisley glasshouse, I've been working on a new CITES checklist for Pachypodium.

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Crocus display in the RHS Wisley alpine house, love the purple stripes #spring

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Orchid overload at the RHS orchid show today, only came home with 1!

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Beautiful Chilean blue crocus - Tecophilaea cyanocrocus in the alpine house @rbgkew.bsky.social

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Join Kew botanist David Goyder and scientists from the Forgotten Parks Foundation and local experts in the DRC on an unforgettable expedition, working together to uncover rare and beautiful plant species in one of Africa’s most remote landscapes. 🌿📷 👇 Dive into the story: ow.ly/1sLa50VeTAq

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David Goyder: The Thrill of Discovering — 1 in 6 by 2030

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Cátia Canteiro @catiacanteiro.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Local communities must be part of the solution for conservation! @charlottecouch.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social talking about the amazing work being done in Guinea and IPAs in close collaboration with the local communities. @mobotgarden.bsky.social

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Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🌍 Today is #WorldWildlifeDay & 52 years since CITES was signed! CITES—the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—regulates the global trade of wildlife to prevent extinction 2025 marks 50 years since CITES came into force!🧵👇 #CITES@50

Slides taken in 1988 show an endangered Paphiopedilum godefroyae orchid confiscated from the wildlife trade and in storage at Kew

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 03/03/2025

Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades. Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en

A leopard rests its head on a thick tree branch, gazing into the distance. Its golden fur, covered in black rosettes, contrasts with the surrounding green foliage. The background is softly blurred, creating a peaceful jungle atmosphere.

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Our team made a display in the @rbgkew.bsky.social herbarium today to celebrate #CITES at 50

Display with text and photos related to CITES policy

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Flowers of the Lego kind at the #Lego shop, #London

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Winter Aconite flowering @rbgkew.bsky.social today, find it near the Orangery!

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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · 11/02/2025

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we're spotlighting a fantastic project published in BDJ, which used the power of data to uncover the hidden stories of women in science and publish them as a freely available resource. blog.pensoft.net/2023/12/06/e...

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Entangled “her”stories – An open multi-linked dynamic dataset of plant genera named for women

Which plant genera do you know that are named for women? Who were/are they?

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UNEP-WCMC @unepwcmc.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The world needs more #WomenInScience! But a lack of female role models makes it difficult for girls and women to envision themselves as leaders in science.♀️🧪 This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, meet our scientists and hear their inspiring stories: buff.ly/3WVk4qE

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Emma Williams @botanyemma.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Beautiful Peru Orchid festival, open until 2nd March @rbgkew.bsky.social

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