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Computer scientist with a passion for nature

My plant collection

For the moment I only present my Marantaceae collection, that you can explore by genus. Click a tab to view plants.
Phryniums. For ages, my plant friends and I debated whether these were Calatheas or Ctenanthe. After much detective work, we discovered they’re actually Phryniums. I’m still figuring out how to pronounce that—but we all agree they’re stunning (and maybe a bit too gigantic for my Belgian tropics… not that it stops me from loving them).