Canoe Culture: Family Matters. Malua Bay, Malakula, Vanuatu

Canoe Culture #2. Malua Bay, Malakula, Vanuatu

Rendova, En Route, Solomon Islands

Canoe Culture. Malua Bay, Malakula, Vanuatu.

Walk Softly... Patmos Village, Solomon Islands

Wary. Patmos Village, Solomon Islands

New Georgia Boatman, New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands

Outward from the Lagoon

A rare, fog-free moment: Kolombangara from across Vona Vona Lagoon, Solomon Islands.

Exposed Reefscapes, Malakula, Vanuatu, #4

Exposed Reefscapes, Malakula, Vanuatu, #3

Exposed Reefscapes, Malakula, Vanuatu, #2

Exposed Reefscapes, Malakula, Vanuatu, #1

PRS.

Malua Bay, Malakula, Vanuatu

Bulbophyllum (Hapalochilus) dolichoglottis

Bulbophyllum flavofimbriatum

Bulbophyllum microrhombos

Bulbophyllum microrhombos Schlechter (1913), 'Olasana's Nambas'. Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea

Bulbophyllum (Hapalochilus) alkmaarense

Bulbophyllum (Hapalochilus) aristilabre

Roviana Village

Local village and traditional dugout canoe. Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands.

Sunset on Vona Vona Lagoon

Sunset, August 9th, 2010, Vona Vona Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands. 

Local Roviana Culture jumping platforms in foreground.

Vona Vona Lagoon Dockside

Dash 8 Over Roviana Lagoon #1

Dash 8 flight from Honiara to Munda, Solomon Islands, August 2010.

Malakula: Low Tide Exposes Acropora

Bulbophyllum dennisii

Bulbophyllum dennisii, J.J.Wood, Kew Bull. 38: 71 (1983), cultivar 0.0006.

Bulbophyllum cernuum

Bulbophyllum cernuum, (Blume) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 48 (1830), cultivar 0.0022 'Olasana's Ndani'

Imaged blooming: 10 April 2012

Bulbophyllum fraudulentum

Bulbophyllum fraudulentum, Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 250 (1904).

Cattleya violacea 'Francis King'

The Future of Nusa Hope

Patmos Village dock, Nusa Hope, Western Province, Solomon Islands, August 2010.

Linckia laevigata

Vona Vona Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands, August 2010

Roviana Ancestral Landowner

Patmos Village, Nusa Hope, Roviana Lagoon, Western Province, Solomon Islands, August 2010

Morelia viridis

Morelia viridis imaged post-shed

Bulbophyllum woelfliae

Bulbophyllum woelfliae, Garay, Senghas & K. Lemcke, J. Orchideenfr. 3: 37 (1996), cultivar 0.0011 'Olasana'

Imaged blooming: 20 April 2011

Bulbophyllum longisepalum

Bulbophyllum longisepalum Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 3: 105 (1895), cultivar 0.0004, 'Olasana's Warkapi'

Imaged blooming: 21 December 2010