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Rogier van Vugt

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The dead horse Arum (Helicodiceros muscivorus) is one of the most exciting plants I grow in my garden. It seems from another world, or at least something exotic and tropical, that should not thrive in my ordinary Dutch garden that freezes in the winter. However, every year, it grows bigger and surprises me with a putrid floral feast that excites all the flies in the neighbourhood.
This plant can be found flowing wild on islands such as Corsica and Mallorca. The Western form has more blueish foliage and is generally a bit smaller than the Eastern ones. I grow both forms, and the one you see here is the Eastern form.

#aroidaddicts #helicodicerosmuscivorus #hardyaroids #gardeninspiration #bizarreplants #plantcetera #arum #carrionflower #bizarreplantsfreaks #dracunculus taken in Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands by @rogiervanvugt

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3 years ago

While visiting a population of blue-cheeked bee-eaters. (You can hear them in the background.) My eyes fell on the numerous large woodlice that were wandering around on the desert floor. Crowned with several rows of little knobs, they were an unusual sight. While looking at their behaviour, it was clear that their looks are not the most unusual thing about this species. These little beasts live together in tight families. And now at the end of the day, they were cleaning their burrows in a joint operation. All of them were carrying small particles out of the burrow with their front legs. Such organised behaviour I knew from ants and bees, of course. But not from creatures as primitive as isopods. I forgot about the birds and immersed myself in the microcosmos of the Hemilepistus woodlice. A group of isopods that are typical for Central Asia, such as here in Azerbaijan. As woodlice become more and more popular as pets, there is a logical risk that these, too, will become desired by hobbyists. If this ever happens. Keep in mind that their biology is VERY different from the ones commonly kept as pets. Maybe they are even impossible to keep in captivity. So please think twice before we start a new "trend" until experts find out how to keep and breed them by @rogiervanvugt

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8 months ago

The stunning leaves of Adenia perrierii struck my eyes the moment they popped up while on the internet. The intricate shape. The contrast between the deep green and white spots. It was something that I wanted to grow YESTERDAY!
However, this plant turned out to be very hard to find. And after a while I stopped my search. And then it was there. Just randomly standing between some other plants at a plant fair.

I now grow it for a few years and noticed that this plant has the potential to become a popular houseplant, as it is easy on the windowsill, and it can be propagated by means of cuttings.

It comes from Madagascar, where it receives seasonal drought. It can lose all its leaves, which is fully natural. My plant does that in winter, which is perfect, as the low light levels are not good for the leaf development anyway. In spring I water it well and place it in a warm and bright spot. It then wakes up, and from that moment, it requires regular waterings and fertiliser.

There are also fully green forms of this plant. This is why it is best to see what you buy. Like its more famous relatives, the passion flowers, this plant is a climber. Though not nearly as vigorous. The small flowers are green and white. Nice, but definitely not the reason why people grow this plant.

So far I haven't heard that people were successful in producing seeds. This might indicate that most plants are cuttings of the same individual and that it is unable to pollinate itself. by @rogiervanvugt

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a year ago

The new APG V poster is online! This poster illustrates the latest version of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system, the family tree of flowering plants, that has been published today.
It is free to download, I place the link temporarily in my bio.

This poster came together as cooperation between several people and insitutions including yours truly. But one person in particular, James Byng, from @tudelfthortusbotanicus has been the motor behind it all!

This poster is only available online and could maybe have minor changes over time when better pictures become available.
Feel free to download and print it yourself.
But please print it large (A0 size is best), as otherwise the text becomes too small to read. by @rogiervanvugt

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a month ago

🌸 Een orchidee met een bijzonder verhaal

Achter de Jane-Goodallorchidee schuilt ook een mooie persoonlijke herinnering aan Jane.

Jane en @rogiervanvugt , hoofd horticultuur van de @hortusleiden , waren jarenlang bevriend. Toen Jane hem vertelde dat er in Singapore een gekweekte orchidee naar haar was vernoemd, vroeg Rogier zich af of er ook ooit een wilde plant of diersoort naar haar was vernoemd.

Hij liet Jane een foto zien van de bijzondere wilde orchidee uit de Hortus. Ze vond haar prachtig en in 2015 kreeg de soort de naam Dendrobium goodallianum. 🌺

Jane nam tijdens haar bezoek aan de Hortus het eerste etiket en een paar blaadjes mee als aandenken. Inmiddels is de orchidee vermeerderd en gedeeld met andere tuinen, iets waar Jane volgens Rogier heel blij mee was.

Een prachtige herinnering aan Jane vandaag op Wereld Orchidee Dag, haar nieuwsgierigheid en haar liefde voor de natuur. 💚

🌸 Lees meer over Jane en de bijzondere orchidee die haar naam draagt: www.janegoodall.nl (link in story/bio: Laatste nieuws).

📸 Petra Sonius, en met dank aan Rogier van Vugt

#WorldOrchidDay #JaneGoodall #DendrobiumGoodallianum #HortusLeiden #JaneGoodallInstitute #Orchidee #HopeInAction by @rogiervanvugt

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2 months ago

🌸 Wist je dat er een orchidee naar Jane Goodall is vernoemd?

Op World Orchid Day staan we stil bij een heel bijzondere orchidee: Dendrobium goodallianum, beter bekend als de Jane-Goodallorchidee.

Deze zeldzame orchidee werd ontdekt in Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea door medewerkers van de @hortusleiden en @naturalismuseum. In 2015 kreeg de soort officieel de naam Dendrobium goodallianum, als eerbetoon aan Jane Goodall en haar levenslange inzet voor natuurbehoud en haar boodschap over de verbondenheid tussen mens en natuur. 🌿

De orchidee heeft bovendien een bijzondere plek in Jane’s band met Nederland. @rogiervanvugt, hoofd horticultuur van de Hortus botanicus Leiden, kende Jane goed en herinnert zich haar onvermoeibare inzet: “Een bejaardenhuis was niets voor haar. Ze gunde zichzelf niet eens vakantie, dus zeker geen pensioen.”

De Jane-Goodallorchidee is inmiddels een zeldzaam exemplaar: de bloemen zijn slechts één dag te bewonderen. 🌸

Benieuwd naar het verhaal achter deze bijzondere orchidee en Jane’s band met Nederland? Lees de hele blog via de link in story/bio (Laatste nieuws): janegoodall.nl

📸 Rogier van Vugt, Janko Duinker en foto van Jane: © Archieffoto Hielco Kuipers

#WorldOrchidDay #JaneGoodall #JaneGoodallInstitute #HortusLeiden #DendrobiumGoodallianum #Orchidee #Biodiversiteit #Natuurbehoud #HopeInAction taken in Hortus botanicus Leiden by @rogiervanvugt

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2 months ago

Above the Arctic Circle, you can still find carnivorous plants. One of those is particularly hard to find. Not because it is very rare. But mostly because it is very tiny.

This is Pinguicula villosa. And I had to go on my hands and knees in a sphagnum bog in northern Sweden to find it.

But when you are up and close to this gem, it is a beauty.

I think a local moose or bear has little to fear from this fierce meat eater.

This is another hard-to-grow species as it would require a fridge with LED light to keep this plant healthy. So if you want to see it yourself, prepare to get your knees wet😁. by @rogiervanvugt

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2 months ago

This weekend the @hortusleiden will be the host of the @intl_carnivorousplantsociety conference. People from all over the world come together to share information about carnivorous plants. This weekend there will also be a market where sellers from all over Europe will offer unique plants. After the conference the show will continue with lectures and information given by the Dutch carnivorous plant society @werkgroepcarnivora.

The featured species is one that is not commonly grown, as it requires an enormous amount of warmth and light to thrive.
So it is best to show it to you as it grows in nature.

Nepenthes pervillei is an endemic species to the Seychelles, where it only grows on the islands of Mahé and Silhouette. Although most Nepentes species are found in Asia, the ones from Madagascar and this one from the Seychelles are the more primitive species. Which likely means that the famous Asian genus of carnivorous plants is actually from Africa. by @rogiervanvugt

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2 months ago

Some plants seem to come straight out of a fantasy story. But very few of these can be grown as a houseplant. Ceropegia haygarthii is one of the nicest exceptions. A plant that never ever bores me.
This climbing succulent from Southern Africa is easy as a houseplant, as long as you grow it in a smallish pot so that the roots dry out easily between waterings. As long as this happens the substrate is not that important. I grew them on a 100% mineral gritty soil as well as pure cocopeat and the outcome was the same. As long as the roots dry out they are happy. They are related to Hoya and can be grown together with the more robust and drought tolerant species of that genus. by @rogiervanvugt

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3 months ago

United by difference

Japan and the Netherlands are two entirely different countries. Yet we are connected by a long-lasting bond that goes back for more than 425 years.

For several centuries, the Netherlands was the only western country that traded goods and knowledge with Japan. During this time the famous botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold visited Japan as a physician for the Dutch East Indies company. He lived there for several years and brought several plants to the Netherlands that later became very popular in gardens around the world. Plants like the hydrangea, hosta, and Japanese maple.

Some of the trees he brought to the @hortusleiden are still alive today. And around one of these, a now almost 200-year-old Keyaki (Zelkova serrata), the Siebold Memorial Garden was created. A garden that is a blend between the east and the west and a living symbol of the bond between our countries.

During the Japanese state visit to the Netherlands, His Majesty Emperor Naruhito of Japan visited our garden together with our king, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander.

Our prefect Barbara Gravendeel and I had the honour to show the guests around. We talked about the past of our garden, but also about its future. This Keyaki for example, is a species that can withstand our changing climate and could keep our cities green and cool in the centuries to come. But also showed examples on how allowing nature to take its course and promoting biodiversity in our direct environment makes us more resilient to the whim of nature.

East, west, the past and the future all coming together.

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On the photo: Looking out over the Siebold memorial garden. Talking about the history, the plants, and telling some jokes. Photo ANP by Patrick Post.

The other photo's have their own caption.

Looking out over the Siebold memorial garden. Photo: Danique ter Horst, Universiteit Leiden

The old Keyaki (Zelkova serrata) in the Sieboldgarden

Siebold surrounded by the Hydrangea Otaksa that he named in honour of his wife.

Walking trough the Hortus. Photo Roderick Bouman.

Walking trough the Hortus. Photo Roderick Bouman

Walking trough the Hortus.
Photo by @simone10010

The Japanese orchid Kakiran (Ep taken in Hortus botanicus Leiden by @rogiervanvugt

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4 months ago

Though plants are usually the main goal on my trips, it is impossible to venture into nature and not embrace the beauty of the animal world as well. So here are some non-planty pics I made during the two trips to Azerbaijan last year.

They are. In order of appaerance:

-Blue-cheeked bee-eater
-European nightjar
-Little owl (bactriana)
-Grey wolf
-Black francolin
-Goitered gazelle
-European pond turtle
-Snake. Not sure about the species.
-Blue-cheeked bee-eater by @rogiervanvugt

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5 months ago

In the very south of Azerbaijan, you'll find the Talish mountains. These are the home of a beautiful iris called Iris paradoxa f. choschab. They flower briefly in the short, moist spring just before the long, dry summer arrives.

But when they flower, they steal the show with their large petals that range in colour from white with blue to yellow ochre.

These small plants belong to the so-called Oncocyclus section of Iris. A group known to be rather tricky in cultivation. They require a strict dry season in summer and also easily rot in winters that are too moist. These are definitely not plants that you simply plant in your garden, but they are incredibly beautiful and worth the effort of growing them in pots to keep them dry when needed.

Thanks to @nigar_bio @sayyara.ibadullayeva.2025 and @baku.byaida and @orchidnomad1973 taken in Kələxan by @rogiervanvugt

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