Species Conservation Fund 398d ago

We often hear about the amazing world of animals onour Conservation Calls podcast, but let’s not forget that plants have some pretty cool stories too… Take the critically endangered wildflower, Gasteranthus extinctus, for example, which is only found in the Centinela cloudforest and the Padre Julio Marrero Botanic Garden inWestern Ecuador. In this episode, project lead Dawson White from the HarvardUniversity Herbaria and gesneriad expert John L. Clark from Marie Selby Botanical Gardens speak on behalf of their international team of scientists to share their incredible journey of rediscovery of Gasteranthus extinctus andother plants believed to be gone forever.  This story is all about human compassion and resilience, bursting with personality.