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Robert Cantley is a conservationist and Managing Director of Borneo Exotics, a Sri Lankan-based plant nursery specialising in tissue-cultured and seed-grown Nepenthes species and hybrids.[1] Cantley has contributed to a number of papers on Nepenthes.[1][2][3] The species Nepenthes robcantleyi,[4] the natural hybrid Nepenthes × cantleyi and the cultivar Nepenthes 'Cantley's Red' are named after him. Borneo ExoticsBorneo Exotics was established by Cantley and Diana Williams in 1997.[5] As of 2009, the nursery stocked more than 130 Nepenthes taxa, totalling over 180,000 plants annually.[5] In Pitcher Plants of the Old World, Stewart McPherson described it as "the world's foremost specialist producer of Nepenthes species".[5] 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.[1] The company won a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011, and a Silver Gilt Medal in 2005.[6][7][8] Borneo Exotics also won a silver medal and two other awards at the World Orchid Exhibition in 2011.[9] References1. ^Cantley, R. 2000. {{cite web|url= http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv29n4pc1_22.pdf |title=Nepenthes of the Philippines—part 1 & 2. }} Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the International Carnivorous Plant Society: 9. 2. ^Rybka, V., R. Rybková & R. Cantley 2005. {{cite web|url= http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv34n2p47_50.pdf |title=Nepenthes argentii on Sibuyan Island. }} Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 34(2): 47–50. 3. ^Cantley, R., C.M. Clarke, J. Cokendolpher, B. Rice & A. Wistuba 2005. Nepenthes clipeata Survival Project. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 34(4): 116–120. 4. ^Cheek, M. 2011. Nepenthes robcantleyi sp. nov. (Nepenthaceae) from Mindanao, Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 29(6): 677–681. {{DOI|10.1111/j.1756-1051.2011.01449.x}} 5. ^1 2 McPherson, S.R. 2009. Borneo Exotics. In: Pitcher Plants of the Old World. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1294–1301. 6. ^1 2 Fernando, H. 2011. Lanka’s Borneo Exotics blooms again at Chelsea Flower Show. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), May 29, 2011. 7. ^Fernando, H. 2007. Borneo Exotics wins another gold at Chelsea. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), June 3, 2007. 8. ^Borneo Exotics strikes gold for the third time at Chelsea Flower Show. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), May 30, 2010. 9. ^Fernando, H. 2011. After Chelsea, Borneo Exotics wins awards in Singapore too. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), November 27, 2011.
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