Tropical botanist in Singapore - learning about SE Asian plants and biodiversity.https://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mu2p25w6mk26Dipterocarpus oblongifolius Blume (Dipterocarpaceae) - well named for the oblong leaves, more narrow when young. Often fruiting on and off throughout the year here in Singapore Botanic Gardens. Fruits often eaten.27 Aug 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2p25w6mk26https://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mtzgwlksxs2xTropical Plant Families Identification Handbook has a new 2026 printing - some tweaks to families and updates of species numbers (and a few errors corrected). E.g., Icacinaceae are no longer ‘Unplaced’ and Boraginaceae changed to reflect family debates. #botany26 Aug 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzgwlksxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3msif5vqlgs2yFrom collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums https://iucn.org/news/202607/collections-conservation-indispensable-role-natural-history-museums07 Aug 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msif5vqlgs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mqjmiold6c2tFagraea auriculata Jack (Gentianaceae), flowering now outside the SING Herbarium, Botany Centre, Singapore Botanic Gardens. Large flowers go from white, to pale yellow, to golden yellow and then over. #tree #botany #Singapore https://maps.app.goo.gl/tombtwAXqZABZt9m6?g_st=ic13 Jul 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjmiold6c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mpt5ntjsqs2cWishing everyone on the beautiful island of Rota gets through storm #Bavi safe and sound. Still recovering after Sinlaku. #Bavi #CNMI #Rota Pictures of Songsong, N coast road and Mochong from mid June 2026.04 Jul 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt5ntjsqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mpnbmefe5s2uGardens’ Bulletin Singapore 🇸🇬 new articles online. The journal is now online first, hoping to speed up time from acceptance to publication. Still printing hard copy for distribution, probably at the end of each year https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/research/publications/gardens'-bulletin-singapore/listing-of-publications #SBGScience02 Jul 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnbmefe5s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3moptd3jibc2kA final latte site on Guam this morning (before returning to Singapore). In coastal limestone forest with Hernandia, Meiogyne, Aidia, Ochrosia, Eugenia, Premna etc (coconut palms as dominant) #Marianas #Guam #Chamorro #Pacific20 Jun 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moptd3jibc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3moeruo4ybk2yUniversity of Guam Herbarium (acronym GUAM) specializes in research on the insular floras of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and all of Micronesia, with more than 57,000 specimens (46,000 phanerogams and pteridophytes) #botany #herbarium #Micronesia16 Jun 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3moeruo4ybk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mo3a4zlx522aFicus prolixa G.Forst. (Moraceae), 'Nunu', a magnificent specimen - we measured as having a 20 m girth, Rota #CNMI #Pacific #fig #tree12 Jun 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3a4zlx522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mo2geg6q722rNesogenes rotensis Fosberg & D.R.Herbst (Orobanchaceae), a threatened Rota endemic on coastal limestone scrub. #botany #conservation #Pacific11 Jun 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2geg6q722rhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mo2gbedlvs2rPacificPeopleForest examines European colonialism in the #Pacific Islands (16–17th centuries), focusing on #Rota (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands). Productive and busy week of meetings, field visits, networking and training #SBGScience pacificpeopleforest.csic.es11 Jun 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2gbedlvs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mjl77x2i7s2oRetracing the centre of origin and evolutionary history of nutmeg Myristica fragrans, an emblematic spice tree species url: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2069/20251734/481347/Retracing-the-centre-of-origin-and-evolutionary16 Apr 2026 00:56 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl77x2i7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mjhbsfprts2tAt lunch in the Gardens today, under a Podocarpus, it was 31°C, rather warm, and I’m watching and listening to … an Arctic Warbler, waiting to fly north (where they can call it a ‘Tropical Warbler’) #bird #Singapore #migration14 Apr 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhbsfprts2thttps://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mjgqxh4iec27Gardenwise, the magazine of Singapore Botanic Gardens - a new bumper issue has gone online. Tributes to Dr Chew Wee-Lek (1932–2026) and Ruth Kiew (1946–2025), plus - Digitisation - Ethnobotany in Singapore's desserts - Botanical Art - SBG Archives https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/research/publications/gardenwise14 Apr 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjgqxh4iec27https://bsky.app/profile/timutteridge.bsky.social/post/3mesojbpal22jSingapore Botanic Gardens team at Flora Malesiana 12 ‘Celebrating the World’s richest island flora’ - in Manokwari on the island of New Guinea. Lots of talks by the team, and SBG is the secretariat of the Flora Malesiana Board too.14 Feb 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:7bmrtwwfekixpy26xvgnmumc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mesojbpal22j