FIELDWORK IN MADAGASCAR
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meeting with village mayor along RT 12 to request permission to collect |
Malagasy in village along RT 12 |
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showing Celastraceae pictures to Malagasy in village along RT 12 |
Adansonia za (Bombacaceae) |
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Adansonia za (Bombaceae) in clearing |
young Adansonia za (Bombacaceae) |
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Adansonia za (Bombacaceae) in forest |
Adenia perrieri (Passifloraceae) in clearing |
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waiting to cross the damaged Andribe bridge |
the damaged Andribe bridge |
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Apodocephala sp. (Asteraceae) tree |
Bakerella sp. (Loranthaceae) growing on Apodocephala sp. |
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Brickaville Bridge |
bridge along RT 10 designed to be flooded during rainy season |
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brick house along RT 7 in central highlands |
car collecting in Petricky forest |
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discussing Celastraceae at Cap Sainte Marie |
Cap Sainte Marie coastline from limestone cave |
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charcol pit in primary forest |
children along RT 12 |
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children in Beraketa |
children playing table soccer |
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children in front of their house |
Robert Archer showing digital photos to children in Beraketa |
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morning coffee stop in Diego Suarez |
Colubrina sp. (Rhamnaceae) |
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flooding from cyclone |
crossing Canal des Pangalanes by pirogue |
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Didierea madagascariensis (Didiereaceae) near Toliara |
colonial ruin at Diego Suarez |
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landowners of littoral forest near Diego Suarez |
Diego Suarez port |
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sandstone outcrop near Diego Suarez |
climbing up a sandstone plateau near Diego Suarez |
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women in colorful dress near Diego Suarez |
erosion in north-central highlands |
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eastern Malagasy tomb |
eastern Malagasy tomb |
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Edmund, Rivo, Faly and Mark at QMM’s Mandena Forest |
degraded farmlands along RT 10 |
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Euphorbia cap-saintemariensis (Euphorbiaceae) |
windswept tree in Fort Dauphin |
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ferry crossing at Canal des Pangalanes |
former palm-oil plantation |
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Fort Dauphin port |
Pic St. Louis near Fort Dauphin |
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Fort Dauphin shoreline |
graveyard near Fort Dauphin |
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granite mountains in south-central highlands |
hotel-bar along RT 12 |
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Pachypodium horombense (Apocynaceae) |
tiny leaf hopper |
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pressing specimens at Orangia |
Mandena Forest Herbarium |
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river crossing along RT 10 |
railroad station near Andasibe |
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remnant forest near RT 12 |
push cart near Ranomafana |
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Parc National d’Andohahela – dry forest |
Parc National d’Andohahela – wet forest |
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MBG House – Diego Suarez |
eastern shoreline with pirogues |
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QMM Nursery at Mandena Forest |
truck convoy with a flipped trailer along RT 13 |
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Jacky Andriantiana with Bulbophyllum hildbrandtii (Orchidaceae) |
local guide, Jacky, Mark, and Robert at Ranomafana |
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life is good without a spider biting me inside my ear |
showing Celastraceae pictures at Ranomafana |
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taxi-brousse along RT 12 |
roadside stall in Farafangana |
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TAN herbarium |
TEF herbarium |
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MBG House in Tana |
MBG Office in Tana |
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lobstermen near Sainte Luce |
sapphire miners along RT 7 |
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zebu herds along RT 13 |
Mark at carnival in Tana |
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zebu used to turn soil of rice field |
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sapphire boomtown along RT 7 |
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southern Malagasy tombs |
