In early 2022, the National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of GXIB, under the auspices of Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region & Chinese Academy of Sciences, allocated approximately 3,000 square meters of forested land to the national bank. The infrastructure construction funds were raised by the managing team. Now, let's take a look at the changes from July 2022 to June 2023!

Figure 1: Aerial view of the forested land parcel allocated for the national bank

Figure 2: Forest condition in July 2022 (after cleaning/clearing)

Figure 3: Construction site of the forested area in March 2023

Figure 4: Design and construction of planting troughs in the forested area

Figure 5: Construction of rain shelters in the forested area

Figure 6: Planting troughs and rain shelters

Figure 7: Planting troughs containing the Gesneriaceae germplasm resources

Figure 8: One of the creative experimental designs — stacking acidic substrate rocks, used to simulate Gesneriad plants that prefer acidic substrates, such as those in the Oreocharis genus

Figure 9: One of the creative experimental designs — using collected old bricks to construct a brick wall for cultivating rock-dwelling plants