Aided by Drones, National Tropical Botanical Garden Discovers Hibiscadelphus Woodii is Perched on the Edge
September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019
KALAHEO, Hawaii, Sept. 18 -- The National Tropical Botanical Garden issued the following news:
Flashback to 1991 as NTBG Research Biologist Ken Wood dangles from ropes, exploring uncharted territory in Kauai's Kalalau Valley. Botanists had theorized that a yet-to-be-found Hibiscadelphus species could exist in the mesic forests of northwest Kauai, so when Ken saw it, he knew immediately what is was: a new-species of Hibiscadelphus!
In the 1990s, NTBG botanists had develo . . .
Flashback to 1991 as NTBG Research Biologist Ken Wood dangles from ropes, exploring uncharted territory in Kauai's Kalalau Valley. Botanists had theorized that a yet-to-be-found Hibiscadelphus species could exist in the mesic forests of northwest Kauai, so when Ken saw it, he knew immediately what is was: a new-species of Hibiscadelphus!
In the 1990s, NTBG botanists had develo . . .