Ralph Peckover's passion for nature from a young age, along with a fascination with observing and growing rare and unusual plants, has led him on many field trips over the years to study plants in their natural habitat.
Ralph's painstaking research culminated in his discovery of new Brachystelma species, some of which were considered extinct, and which were described by him for the first time - B. christianeae, B. kerzneri, B. bikitaensis and B. lutea.