plant collector
Seeks rare specimens
A plant collector gathers specimens of plants, either as a hobby or profession.
Hobbyists accumulate houseplants or garden varieties, sometimes obsessively: She's become quite the plant collector—there's barely room to sit in her apartment.
Professional plant collectors historically sought new species in remote regions for botanical gardens, herbaria, or commercial cultivation.
- botanistOne who studies flora
- horticulturistPlant cultivation specialist
- green thumbInborn skill with plants
- specimenIndividual for examination
- herbariumPreserved plant specimen archive
greenhouse · expedition · rare · rare find · exotic · nursery · propagate · foliage · fern · orchid · succulent · terrarium · potted · houseplant · seedling · cutting · cultivar · garden
- BotanistsCarl Linnaeus, ethnobotanist, paleobotanist, dendrologist, herbarium
- Hobbyist Naturalistsamateur naturalist, citizen scientist, naturalist, birdwatcher, birder
- plant workershorticulturist, gardener, landscaper, nurseryman, groundskeeper
- gardenersgardener, horticulturist, green thumb, organic gardener, urban gardener
- naturalistsCharles Darwin, naturalist, field researcher, botanist, Carl Linnaeus
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