botanist and naturalist currently based in Missouri, USA. passionate about safeguarding biodiversity through conservation horticulture, particularly in the context of public gardens and plant tissue culture.

I'm intrigued by ericaceous, rubiaceous, and fabaceous plants, cycads, epiphyes, palms, cacti, and fungi; and in general all manner of strange botanical life. I'm also a nature artist who loves to illustrate the characters of the natural world in a mostly impressionistic style.

Msc in plant and fungal taxonomy, diversity, and conservation from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

art: https://www.instagram.com/paint_broth