Deeply humbled and thrilled to be featured with a profile in @NewPhyt on my career as a Colombian scientist working at #KewGardens! 🤓📖🧬🌸 Please follow my research in Bluesky (@latinorchidbot.bsky.social) and Instagram (@latinorchidbot)!

"I think President Trump has shown he is racist, he is sexist, he is misogynistic, and he is Islamophobic." London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has responded to a series of verbal attacks from Donald Trump. Latest ➡️ https://t.co/dPeHk3ZX7L 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and Freeview 233

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

Ustedes comienzan por una mentira fáctica señores US embassy. El crecimiento de cultivos de coca se presenta en el gobierno de Duque, y con fumigación forzada. Es la política de los EEUU la que ha fallado. Para que disminuyan los cultivo de hoja de coca lo que se necesita no es

The scenes on our streets are shameful consequences of decades of austerity - government after government fanning the flames of anti migration instead of tackling inequality. We can & must make different choices. Solidarity to all communities under attack. We stand together.

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Keen on knowing what are the most beautiful #orchids of all time? Then check this interview by @ColombianEmbUK and check out my @NewPhyt profile here! 🔗 https://t.co/kX2EQMUIDW Super grateful with the 🇨🇴embassy in 🇬🇧 for featuring my love for orchids and science!

Our new pre-print (with @EricHagen19, @LatinOrchidBot, @sometimesferns, Elizabeth Forward and @NPriestLab) shows frequent shifts in pollinator evolution in orchids, but no clear impact on diversification. Perhaps pollinator specialisation is not such a powerful force. 🐝🌱

Thrilled and deeply humbled to be featured in @NewPhyt with a profile on my journey as a Colombian scientist working at Kew 🌿 Thanks to @ColombianEmbUK for the kind interview highlighting this story & the hidden secrets of orchids 🇨🇴✨ 🔗 https://t.co/kX2EQMUIDW Please share!

Muy agradecido con Helena Sala de @rtve por la entrevista sobre la revisión de la hoja de #coca en la @WHO. Un honor compartir con la gran Carmen Posada FuturoCoca y hablar sobre prop medicinales de la coca y los efectos negativos de la erradicación en la biodiv y la población🍃

V happy to share this cool interview with BotanyOne! We talked about my journey into botany, the wonders of #orchids, the sacred #coca tree, & why fieldwork still feels like a treasure hunt! Wondering why orchids & coca keep me up at night? Give it a read! https://t.co/soM837B8HH

Watch a summary of our ongoing research on the evol of the sacred #coca tree (the most misunderstood useful plant!), including unpublished but v exciting results 🤓 Grateful w @MckennaAcademy for the invite to participate in the coca summit last February! https://t.co/jNWKF5ly5W

3/Check out our open access paper (featured on the @MolBioEvol cover in Sep 2022)! https://t.co/p7w5tya4PL

2/ These seeds came from fruits that were likely bitter (maybe even💀if eaten), with greenish-white flesh, not the sweet red fruit we eat today. So why grow them? Early farmers likely cultivated them for their edible seeds. Few even show tooth marks, sugg. they were nibbled on!

Check our new interview for @archaeologymag on our work on🍉 domestication! 1/6000 yrs ago, wmelons were pale, bitter & possibly even toxic. In 2022 our team seq'd aDNA from Citrullus seeds found in Neolithic burials in Libya & Sudan some as🧓🏼as 6000 yrs! https://t.co/tC90K0VD2g

Please support if you can! The #orchid collection kept by the @TheMathersFoun1 has tremendous scientific and horticultural value! If you are in the UK and love orchids, it’s a must-see collection! 🌸💚

3/ 🧪 Investigación científica de nuestro equipo. Estamos desarrollando una línea de investigación basada en datos genómicos, morfológicos y químicos para proponer un nuevo sistema de clasificación que ayude a regular y monitorear la hoja de coca de forma más efectiva. 🧬🧫🍃

2/ 🍽️ Restaurante Amazónico de @mauriciofdo_velasco en Putumayo. Aquí la hoja de coca se celebra en la gastronomía local, promoviendo el comercio justo con familias campesinas.👨‍🍳🍃🌮

1/ 🎨 Festival @futurococa Un espacio donde artistas, emprendedores, pueblos indígenas e investigadores comparten los múltiples usos de la hoja de coca. ¡Una experiencia increíblemente enriquecedora (muy recomendado)! 🌿🎵🎨🌎

#coca no es #cocaína. Es una planta ancestral que ha sido parte de las culturas indígenas por más de 8000 años! 🌿 Un artículo de @estoescambio destaca 3 iniciativas que están cambiando la narrativa sobre coca (incl. nuestro trabajo). Aquí las comparto🧵 https://t.co/HBycCZXSFY