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University of Hawaii program saves threatened and endangered native plants

By Kat Wade / Special to the Star-Advertiser

May 10, 2020

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Nate Kingsley, shows off frozen Metrosideros Sp. or ohia seeds at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab on Feb. 13. Ohia seeds are being propagated and frozen in a preemptive attempt to protect the future of the plant due to a fungus infection on the Big Island.
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Nate Kingsley, a UH seed conservationist, shows off the Micropropagation Labʻs growth chamber filled with petri dishes holding the germinating seeds of a variety of endangered and threatened native species. Ohia seeds are being propagated and frozen in a preemptive attempt to protect the future of the plant due to a fungus infection on the Big Island.
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Seeds that have germinated are potted in permite/vermiculite for those requiring dry environment and in moss for those requiring a wet environment at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab.
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The Micropropagation Labʻs growth chamber contains petri dishes holding the germinating seeds of a variety of endangered and threatened native species. On the lower shelves are seeds that have germinated.
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Nate Kingsley, who runs the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab, shows off seeds that are kept in test tubes, refrigerated and released for research purposes.
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Nate Kingsley, a UH seed conservationist, shows off growing plants that he will take to Maui in the Lyon Arboretum greenhouse.
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After volunteer G. Young Kim from UH Manoa counted out and weighed 100 tiny Metrosideros Sp. or ohia seeds to get a base weight using a microscope, she weighs thousands of ohia seeds to come up with an accurate count at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab.
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After volunteer G. Young Kim from UH Manoa counted out and weighed 100 tiny Metrosideros Sp. or ohia seeds to get a base weight using a microscope, she weighs thousands of ohia seeds to come up with an accurate count at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab.
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Seeds that have have germinated are potted in permite/vermiculite for those requiring dry environment and in moss for those requiring a wet environment at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab.
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Nate Kingsley, who runs the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab, is reflected in a seed dryer. Seeds are dried for at least a month before going into special sealed aluminum pouches in preparation for being frozen.
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Seeds that have germinated are potted in permite/vermiculite for those requiring dry environment and in moss for those requiring a wet environment at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab.
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Volunteer G. Young Kim from UH Manoa leaves the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab. The lab propagates and freezes endangered and threatened Native Hawaiian plants.
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Nate Kingsley, shows off frozen Metrosideros Sp. or ohia seeds at the Lyon Arboretum Seed Conservation Lab. Ohia seeds are being propagated and frozen in a preemptive attempt to protect the future of the plant due to a fungus infection on the Big Island.
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Nate Kingsley, a UH seed conservationist, shows off growing plants that he will take to Maui in the Lyon Arboretum greenhouse.
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Nate Kingsley, a UH seed conservationist, shows off growing plants that he will later take to Maui in the Lyon Arboretum greenhouse.
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