Today I closed a loan of 236 specimens that was opened in 2008.
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#HerbariumLife #CuratorLife

A herbarium sheet of a sedge-relative with a handwritten label in German Kurrentschrift.

Old #herbarium sheets come with perks and challenges. I love to figure out what is written. For this particularly hard example I got lucky because the collection was cited with the old species name in an old paper. It's "An der Lesum bei Vegesack" in #Bremen, Germany. #HerbariumLife #CuratorLife

Part of herbarium collection of Earina valida orchid from New Caledonia. On the left is the inflorescence with harmoniously regular arranged side branches.

The harmonious regularity of the inflorescence of this #Earina valida #orchid from #NewCaledonia is beautiful, even in a #herbarium specimen. The plant must look spectacular in nature. #HerbariumLife #CuratorLife

Partial photo of a herbarium specimen of grass from the collections of the NHM London. The minute leaves of the Madagascan grass Panicum cupressifolium creates the look of a cypress.

This is a #grass‽ From giant bamboos to maize and the common lawn ryegrass, #Poaceae can be quite variable. #Panicum cupressifolium from #Madagascar has minute leaves making it look like a #cypress (hence the name).
#IAmABotanist #HerbariumLife #CuratorLife

Herbarium specimen of an Anemone with originally scarlet crimson but faded to pink flowers.

#Herbarium specimens often lose their colours and turn brownish. But sometimes colours persist, especially when material was dried quickly.
This #Anemone sends a colourful spring greeting from the @nhm-london.bsky.social in a grey February day.
#HerbariumLife #CuratorLife

My colleague @tfrehman is searching for better press strap organization. Suggestions? #herbarium #herbariumlife #collections

Forgot your belt while traveling for a conference? Herbarium string to the rescue! #YesSeriously #herbariumskills #itwasinmybag #herbariumlife

Seen any corrupted image files in your #digitization workflow? Send examples to this guy so he can find a detection fix for us all! #herbariumlife #museumlife #collections

Re-upping this as the answer still eludes... #curationcrimes #herbariumlife

Why just annotate when you can annotate with FEELING? #herbarium #herbariumstories #herbariumlife #exclamationwin