Gavin Phillips

What's this? Me collecting seeds again? Well, if I'm out surveying rare #eucalypts & find a few that I know have never been seedbanked, why not I say! A good haul of Eucalyptus dealbata subsp aperticola from Wollemi NP will be on its way to #PlantBank at the @AustralianBG soon!

#QandA your question tonight is the wrong question. It should be "are todays kids going to be as well off financially as their parents when they're their parents age." That addresses the fact that future opportunities are likely not going to be equitable given current debt levels

Watching the peloton crest the now notorious Ramah Av climb in the Men's Road Race in the #uciworldchampionships. Such a great atmosphere to share with my son - as a local this is a great event to see!

This has to be the most #stylish boulder I have ever seen. Who ever knew a bright pink hairdo would look so good in the middle of Munghorn Gap NR? Jokes aside though, that's the most concentrated patch of Stylidium I think I've laid eyes on. #Nature is so cool. #biodiversity

@JaneDegabriel @DeanNicolle1 @EucalyptAus No leaf samples yet, though I am getting fresh herbarium specimens from all sites where I can access material. I'd love to consider a genetic analysis for this species group if I get the chance to do it.

@SeedyGav @DeanNicolle1 @EucalyptAus I admire your patience! Trying to ID eucs by variations in fruit was beyond me!! Are you collecting any leaf samples?

Let's play pick the type locality! These are all variations in fruit of the vulnerable #Eucalyptus cannonii (sometimes considered a subsp. of E. macrorhyncha) which I'm currently studying across its range. Certainly some intriguing findings so far.... #conservation #botany

@DeanNicolle1 @EucalyptAus I think you're right - and consider a reliance on ID from fruit, especially old tree-fallen material has resulted in mis-IDs in a few places. I have evidence of what you suggest on a single branch at several sites now too.

@phill_mckenna I'm mostly looking at E. cannonii (or macrorhyncha subsp cannonii if you like) in order to determine the amount of morphological variation within and among populations and post-fire and -drought responses in the species. Fun work if you're into Eucs.

Gorgeous yet threatened #Grevilleas of the western Wollemi! #Endangered G. obtusiflora subsp. fecunda & Vulnerable G. evansiana both putting on a show this week and adding a splash of colour to the bush as I hunt for rare Eucalypts. #conservation #biodiversity #SavingOurSpecies

It's not my reason for being in the Capertee but #Endangered Phebalium bifidum is putting on a great show right now, so why not grab a few quick photos? Certainly a looker with those bright #flowers & funky Y-shaped leaves! #biodiversity #threatenedspecies #Ozplants #fieldwork

It's been far too long since I fired up my twitter feed but it's also been far too long since I got bush for a whole week - Capertee valley here I come for some Eucalypt surveys! Stay tuned for some #conservation stories & #botanical goodness! #biodiversity #botany #fieldwork

In Jan 21 the @AustralianBG surveyed popn’s of the Duck’s Head Wasp Orchid fearing fowl findings after 🔥. But they found #orchids by the duck-load with 1 area home to 50K+ plants from which seed was banked🦆. This work was part of @GreeningAustralia’s #ProjectPhoenix 📸@seedygav

@T_Le_Breton Yep - but that record appears to be a mis-ID. There's plenty of P. graniticola and I'm pretty certain that's what the specimen at MEL will be too.

Boy, it feels like it's been a while since I went bush! A great day today hunting threatened Pomaderris up Wingen Maid NR near Scone - the views from the top were worth the steep hike up! I could get used to this again..... #SavingOurSpecies #conservation #fieldwork

Fun memories out in the Blue Mountains and Budawangs collecting for this project! It's great to see plants going into the garden now too & I may miss the #fieldwork for #PlantBank just a little after seeing this!

@SeedPartnership @AustralianBG @WWF_Australia Not a bad day out collecting on that job! Seeing this does make me miss #fieldwork for the first time in a while & I'll be sure to go see the garden soon too - looks great!

To secure the iconic Pink Flannel Flower 🌷 under the #RareBloomProject, the @AustralianBG banked a whopping half a million seeds! They also completed germination testing and grew plants that are now thriving in a living collection. #BotanicByAirwick @WWF_Australia 📸 @seedygav

@aussie_flora Hey Jason, I know where plenty of wild ones are but obviously they're not availble being a threatened species recovering post-fire in the NP. I'm not sure about sourcing them commercially - they're pretty but they're also spiny (think G. juniperina).

@7Cricket That's not out and a terrible decision. Forget this 'fingers under the ball' garbage - if he's another foot of the ground, he's dropping it as it blows through his finger tips.

OUT ☝️ A diving catch from Fawad Ahmed - just! - to dismiss Usman Khawaja #BBL11

Not a bad write up to sign off from #PlantBank for now & I kind of like the title 'professional seed hunter'. Care to change my role title if/when I come back, @pete_cuneo? 😁 #conservation #biodiversity #science @RBGSydney @SeedPartnership @AustralianBG

A fitting way to end my current tenure at #PlantBank - watching storm clouds roll in over the Gibraltar Range having finished up bagging 7 species for post-fire #conservation projects. It's been wild & I've got some incredible memories. Now, time to head home one last time.