Robert Cantley is a conservationist and Managing Director of Borneo Exotics, a

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 ...

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plant nursery A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to a desired size. Mostly the plants concerned are for gardening, forestry or conservation biology, rather than agriculture. They include retail nurseries, which sell to the general p ...

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 ''Nepenthes robcantleyi'', or Robert Cantley's pitcher plant,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. is a tropical pit ...

'',Cheek, M. 2011. ''Nepenthes robcantleyi'' sp. nov. (Nepenthaceae) from Mindanao, Philippines. ''Nordic Journal of Botany'' 29(6): 677–681. the natural hybrid ''

Nepenthes × cantleyi ''Nepenthes'' × ''cantleyi'' (; after Rob Cantley) is a natural hybrid involving '' N. bicalcarata'' and '' N. gracilis''.McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. '' Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Borneo''. Redfern Natural History Productions, ...

'' and the

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

''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 ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World'' is a two-volume monograph by Stewart McPherson on the pitcher plants of the genera ''Nepenthes'' and ''Cephalotus''. It was published in May 2009 by Redfern Natural History Productions and covers all species kno ...

''. 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 ''

'', 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. 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. 2011
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.

References

* Attygalle, R. 2013
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)