Since 1 September 2008, I have been attached to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland, as a Peter Davis Research Fellow (sponsored by The Sibbald Trust) to revise the ginger genus Etlingera of Sulawesi. This work will be based not least on collections made during my fieldwork:
- The first expediton took place in February–March 2008 and was sponsored by The Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark, as part of the Wallacea Project.
- The second expediton was carried out in Januray–February 2009 and was sponsored by Augustinus, Denmark, the Blaxall Valentine Awards, England, and the Davis Expedition Fund, Scotland.
Map of Sulawesi showing all localities where at least one member of Zingiberales was collected in 2008 and 2009:
A total of 174 collections were made of which 80 belong to the genus Etlingera and represent at least 30 species.
An Etlingera with plain white flowers, Latimojong, South Sulawesi, January 2009:
An Etlingera with spiny bracts, Takulekayu, Central Sulawesi, January 2009:
An Etlingera with yellow flowers and edible fruits. Lepo Lepo, Southeast Sulawesi, February 2009:
The fieldwork in 2008 to Sulawesi.
Gunung Nokilalaki, Central Sulawesi, March 2008:
... and this nice infructescence of Etlingera is from Sidaonta, Sulawesi, March 2008:
