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Orchid season has kicked off at Ranscombe Farm - Plantlife's Flagship Reserve - Plantlife's flagship nature reserve. If you like orchids you'll love the Plantlife vid showcasing every British orchid in a minute >>> youtube.com/watch?v=2WQNdq…

So, anyone know of a 'Haliotis' as a diatom locality in California? #handwriting #museumlabels @herbtranslate

Apologies for terrible quality but can anyone solve my 'who is the collector' dilemma? HerbariumTranslator @NHM_Wien

Has anyone got any ideas for this diatom collecting locality in Japan? Any #handwriting suggestions welcomed! #herbtranslate #CuratorialLife

So, I'm thinking Orthosera arenacea, Kinver?, J. Bolton, 29/1/78. Any other thoughts? #handwriting #objectlabels HerbariumTranslator

Herbarium twitter - anyone recognise this Alsophila species name? HerbariumTranslator #mysterylabel

Take a virtual walk through our Azalea Lawn which is bursting with colour right now. 🌺 #virtualspring 📷: Kirsty Wilson

This specimen of Kidney Saxifrage in #dbnherbarium, collected over a century ago, illustrates an array of leaf shapes in one species. #herbarium specimen like this is an invaluable record for studying leaf variation @NBGGlasnevin Office of Public Works

@eternalmagpie HerbariumTranslator Tonii-Chan Rebecca Woodcock Quercus calliprinos

@eternalmagpie HerbariumTranslator Tonii-Chan Rebecca Woodcock I've learned to read them out loud and then work out how the found of the name might be misheard.

@westo_fernnerd @eternalmagpie HerbariumTranslator Tonii-Chan Rebecca Woodcock From the species list I'd guess Turkey or thereabouts.

Sigh. Mostly I'm a pencil advocate, but this label's an example of when it goes wrong! Can anyone make anything out? #handwritting #curatorcrimes #illegiblelabel HerbariumTranslator

Herbarium Manchester HerbariumTranslator playing with levels sometimes helps and sometimes doesn't

Herbarium Manchester HerbariumTranslator Have you tried printing out your photograph of the label and then writing over it the flow of your hand may reveal more..?....

And another label in lovely handwriting! Norbert Holstein Siobhan arghhhhhhh😳

Have been databasing again... And am a bit baffled... So once again I appeal to my clever tweeps... I know the collectors, its the places I'm baffled by🙄🙄 NHM Botany Siobhan L is Gaston Genevier (France) , R is Paul Hubl (probs Austria)