Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar

@latinorchidbot

Orchidiot & research group leader at #Kew gardens. Intrigued by #orchids, #phylogenies, #genomes and #plants in general (#coca too these days)🙃

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Andrés Ernesto Ortiz Rodríguez (@andrsernestoor1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just published🌿 A study led by Santiago Ramírez Barahona from UNAM, published in @Science reveals that climate change and deforestation are pushing species to higher altitudes, between 1.8 and 2.7 meters per year. Cloud forests are vulnerable! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Just published🌿

A study led by Santiago Ramírez Barahona from <a href="/UNAM_MX/">UNAM</a>, published in @Science reveals that climate change and deforestation are pushing species to higher altitudes, between 1.8 and 2.7 meters per year. Cloud forests are vulnerable! 

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
The Mathers Foundation (@themathersfoun1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brilliant first day at the show. Delighted to win a Gold Medal for our display 🏅🌿 and a prize for the Best Hybrid in the Show for Masdevallia Mandy 🎉. Thanks everyone who came to visit. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation

Brilliant first day at the show. Delighted to win a Gold Medal for our display 🏅🌿 and a prize for the Best Hybrid in the Show for Masdevallia Mandy 🎉. Thanks everyone who came to visit. 🌿

#orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Que gran honor poder presentar nuestro trabajo sobre el origen y la clasificacion de la #coca junto a la inspiradora Carmen Posada y su iniciativa FuturoCoca (futurococa.com) mañana en el Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid! No se pierdan el evento (acceso gratis virtual!) 🍃

Que gran honor poder presentar nuestro trabajo sobre el origen y la clasificacion de la #coca junto a la inspiradora Carmen Posada y su iniciativa FuturoCoca (futurococa.com) mañana en el Real Jardin Botanico de Madrid! No se pierdan el evento (acceso gratis virtual!) 🍃
Joshua Collins (@murosinvisibles.bsky.social) (@invisiblesmuros) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In a flurry of policy moves, Trump focuses draconian migration measures on domestic population For decades the US has used violence to enforce its borders but that security apparatus is now being turned inwards LATEST by me for Pirate Wire Services piratewireservices.com/p/in-a-flurry-…

Mónica Monsalve (@mariamonic91) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🏔️La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta es la montaña litoral más alta. En menos de 50 kilómetros, resume desde el nivel del mar hasta los 5.775 del pico Gonawinda/Colón. Como un microcosmos, sufre todos los estragos del cambio climático. Pero también resiste🧵 elpais.com/america-futura…

Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Please support if you can! The #orchid collection kept by the The Mathers Foundation has tremendous scientific and horticultural value! If you are in the UK and love orchids, it’s a must-see collection! 🌸💚

Please support if you can! The #orchid collection kept by the <a href="/TheMathersFoun1/">The Mathers Foundation</a> has tremendous scientific and horticultural value! If you are in the UK and love orchids, it’s a must-see collection! 🌸💚
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Watch a summary of our ongoing research on the evol of the sacred #coca tree (the most misunderstood useful plant!), including unpublished but v exciting results 🤓 Grateful w McKenna Academy for the invite to participate in the coca summit last February! youtu.be/D3AgmrF8daE?si…

Watch a summary of our ongoing research on the evol of the sacred #coca tree (the most misunderstood useful plant!), including unpublished but v exciting results 🤓 Grateful w <a href="/MckennaAcademy/">McKenna Academy</a> for the invite to participate in the coca summit last February!
youtu.be/D3AgmrF8daE?si…
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

V happy to share this cool interview with BotanyOne! We talked about my journey into botany, the wonders of #orchids, the sacred #coca tree, & why fieldwork still feels like a treasure hunt! Wondering why orchids & coca keep me up at night? Give it a read! botany.one/2025/05/oscar-…

V happy to share this cool interview with BotanyOne! We talked about my journey into botany, the wonders of #orchids, the sacred #coca tree, &amp; why fieldwork still feels like a treasure hunt! Wondering why orchids &amp; coca keep me up at night? Give it a read!
botany.one/2025/05/oscar-…
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar (@latinorchidbot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Muy agradecido con Helena Sala de RTVE por la entrevista sobre la revisión de la hoja de #coca en la World Health Organization (WHO). Un honor compartir con la gran Carmen Posada FuturoCoca y hablar sobre prop medicinales de la coca y los efectos negativos de la erradicación en la biodiv y la población🍃