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Robert Cantley is a conservationist and Managing Director of Borneo Exotics, a
Borneo Exotics was established by Cantley and Diana Williams in 1997.McPherson, S.R. 2009. Borneo Exotics. In: '' Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1294–1301. As of 2009, the nursery stocked more than 130 ''Nepenthes'' taxa, totalling over 180,000 plants annually. In '' Pitcher Plants of the Old World'', Stewart McPherson described it as "the world's foremost specialist producer of ''Nepenthes'' species".
As of 2011, Borneo Exotics operated a number of growing facilities spread over two locations: lowland species were kept at a nursery in Moragahahena and highlanders in
Lanka’s Borneo Exotics blooms again at Chelsea Flower Show
''The Sunday Times'' (Sri Lanka), May 29, 2011. Borneo Exotics also won a silver medal and two other awards at the World Orchid Exhibition in 2011.Fernando, H. 2011
''The Sunday Times'' (Sri Lanka), November 27, 2011.
Trapped in ''Nepenthes''
''The Island'', September 21, 2013. * Attygalle, R. 2013
Exotic plant named after Malani Fonseka
''The Island'', November 23, 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantley, Rob Living people Year of birth missing (living people)
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n-based plant nursery specialising in tissue-cultured and seed-grown ''Nepenthes
''Nepenthes'' () is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mos ...
'' species and hybrids. Cantley has contributed to a number of papers on ''Nepenthes''. The species '' Nepenthes robcantleyi'',Cheek, M. 2011. ''Nepenthes robcantleyi'' sp. nov. (Nepenthaceae) from Mindanao, Philippines. ''Nordic Journal of Botany'' 29(6): 677–681. the natural hybrid '' Nepenthes × cantleyi'' and the cultivar ''Nepenthes'' 'Cantley's Red' are named after him.
Borneo Exotics
Borneo Exotics was established by Cantley and Diana Williams in 1997.McPherson, S.R. 2009. Borneo Exotics. In: '' Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1294–1301. As of 2009, the nursery stocked more than 130 ''Nepenthes'' taxa, totalling over 180,000 plants annually. In '' Pitcher Plants of the Old World'', Stewart McPherson described it as "the world's foremost specialist producer of ''Nepenthes'' species".
As of 2011, Borneo Exotics operated a number of growing facilities spread over two locations: lowland species were kept at a nursery in Moragahahena and highlanders in Lindula
Lindula is a town located in the Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province of Sri Lanka. Together with Talawakele it is administered by the Talawakele-Linduala Urban Council
The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong ...
. The company won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the ''Great Spring Show'',Phil Clayton, ''The Great Temple Show'' in ''The Garden'' 2008, p.452, The Royal Horticultural Society is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural ...
in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011, and a Silver Gilt Medal in 2005.Fernando, H. 2011Lanka’s Borneo Exotics blooms again at Chelsea Flower Show
''The Sunday Times'' (Sri Lanka), May 29, 2011. Borneo Exotics also won a silver medal and two other awards at the World Orchid Exhibition in 2011.Fernando, H. 2011
''The Sunday Times'' (Sri Lanka), November 27, 2011.
References
* Attygalle, R. 2013Trapped in ''Nepenthes''
''The Island'', September 21, 2013. * Attygalle, R. 2013
Exotic plant named after Malani Fonseka
''The Island'', November 23, 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cantley, Rob Living people Year of birth missing (living people)