http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny I'm Maria Vorontsova from the Botany Department. Join me as I head to Tanzania and Kenya to hunt for wild spiny aubergines. I'm looking forward to an interesting journey, some interesting company and some interesting finds. Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:33:24 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-04-10T05:33:24Z http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/2010/04/10/19-field-days-25-species-found-playing-the-trumpet <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:21837035-42e5-4d4c-96d1-7f4442cae3ae] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1245-1922/eric-playing-trumpet.jpg"><img alt="eric-playing-trumpet.jpg" class="jive-image" height="337" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1245-1922/450-337/eric-playing-trumpet.jpg" width="450"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Very blurry picture of Eric playing the trumpet with the local band in Morogoro. As soon as he started playing everyone came on the dance floor!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Today is our 19th day on the road collecting. We found 25 species of Solanum so far, amazing success! Only four fieldwork days to go. I feel guilty that Frank and David are working with us instead of enjoying the Easter break with their families. Our restaurant in Morogoro had a band playing and they invited Eric to play trumpet with them &ndash; he was brilliant!</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1245-1921/park-rangers.jpg"><img alt="park-rangers.jpg" class="jive-image" height="360" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1245-1921/270-360/park-rangers.jpg" width="270"/></a></p><p>Me with Udzungwa National Park rangers. Many of them carry guns as a defence against animals and poachers.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:21837035-42e5-4d4c-96d1-7f4442cae3ae] --> fieldwork solanum tanzania Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:33:24 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/2010/04/10/19-field-days-25-species-found-playing-the-trumpet mariavorontsova 2010-04-10T05:33:24Z 8 years, 4 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/comment/19-field-days-25-species-found-playing-the-trumpet http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/wildspiny/feeds/comments?blogPost=1245