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About Plant Group Hawaii

Our mission is to collect, cultivate, and conserve plants. Inspire and help others to do the same. We aim to discover new taxa, amass culturally significant species, and cultivate Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species. We are working towards establishing ourselves as a conservation center and distributor. We collect plants from diverse ecosystems throughout the tropics. Our exploratory efforts are guided by type localities, species distribution models, and local guides. Currently, our collecting expeditions are focused on Zingiberales in the American tropics and Southeast Asia. Our collection is cultivated in Hilo, Hawaii and Chiang Mai, Thailand. We are constantly learning about the growing conditions for each of our accessions and we have become proficient in growing plants from rhizomes, bulbs, cutting, seeds, bulbils, and plantlets. Habitat loss and climate change are severe threats to tropical plants and the organisms and ecosystems that depend on them. Ideally, we would like to conserve entire ecosystems but given our limited resources, we focus on ex-situ conservation.