Prof Anton Pauw with a look at the ecology of the West Coast of the Cape Floristic Region - home to #FynbosMedecos2022 for the next five days.

Prof Pauw follows a slide on geophytes (Brunsvigia orientalis bulbs - "some as big as your head") with this ..."you also get geophytic animals." 🤣🤣🤣 #FynbosMedecos2022

A great start of the #FynbosMedecos2022. Really interesting talks on the ecology and evolution of plants in atypical substrates, and great Spanish participation. Looking forward the next few days!!

Ecologists, academics and conservation practitioners from all Mediterranean ecosystems have converged on Langebaan. The occasion? The Medecos2021 2022/Fynbos Forum 2022, where we'll be sharing research to protect our Cape Floral Kingdom. #FynbosMedecos2022

Trying some indigenous ‘forgotten foods’ from the Cape. The pickled kelp was my favorite! #FynbosMedecos2022

Day 2 of #fynbosMedecos2022: Mr Fynbos, Rupert Koopman from BotSocSA, is talking about the challenges for plant conservation in the CFR.

Day 2 of #fynbosMedecos2022: Jasper gives a keynote address about monitoring change in the CFR.

Now Jasper takes the stage at #FynbosMedecos2022 to discuss Biodiversity. Agreeing with Karen J Esler , he's a real mensch!

Andrew Turner from CapeNature leading the current session on Invasive Aliens (my favourite!!) at #FynbosMedecos2022 Looking forward to hearing more! WCGov Enviro Affairs #iap #invasivespecies

Despite #Loadshedding, Day 3 of #fynbosMedecos2022 is underway: Jaco Le Roux tells us about the effects of plant invasions on soil microbes during his keynote address.

Continuing keynotes for Day 3 of #fynbosMedecos2022: Mingzen Lu joins us live all the way from the USA to talk about the role of plant root traits in maintaining biome boundaries.

And, just like that, it's all over! #FynbosMedecos2022 Amazing organising and incredible talks/sessions all 'round. Huge Shout Out to the Queen Bee: Martina Treurnicht Adriaan Grobler | @[email protected] Rupert Koopman WCGov Enviro Affairs

"Bra I'm telling you, the woody rhizome on that Searsia laevigata var. laevigata f. laevigata was THIS big!" Thanks for a fun day in the field! ☀️ Action shot courtesy of Lynne Quick

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