Reza Saputra, S.Si., M.Sc. (Prof) Cand.
Ranger-Scientist | Conservation Biologist | Orchid Taxonomist
Ranger-scientist and field biologist working at the intersection of orchid taxonomy, biodiversity conservation, and natural resource management across the Bird's Head Peninsula — one of the most botanically rich and least explored regions of the Indo-Pacific.
Forest Ecosystem Specialist with the Southwest Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA Papua Barat Daya). Currently pursuing a Master of Science (Professional) in Tropical Biology and Conservation at James Cook University, Australia.
Research & Projects
Ongoing and recent work in orchid taxonomy, field inventory, conservation assessment, and digital botany.
Bird's Head Orchid Flora
A comprehensive digital flora documenting orchid diversity across the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua. Combines field inventory, specimen databasing, and an interactive species identification key built with Lucid Builder. Covers 660+ species across 96+ genera from over 3,300 georeferenced specimens.
Species Distribution Modelling with MaxEnt
Habitat suitability modelling for West Papuan orchids using MaxEnt. Assesses how land cover change and projected climate shifts affect epiphytic and terrestrial orchid distributions across elevational gradients — contributing to a co-authored study published in Ecological Informatics (2024).
Indonesian Orchid Checklist
Contributing to a national-scale botanical database for Indonesian orchid flora. Includes taxonomy reconciliation, geographic range documentation, nomenclatural updates, and integration of new species records from recent field collections.
Orchid Conservation Assessments
Conducting IUCN Red List threat assessments for orchid species endemic to the Bird's Head Peninsula as a member of the IUCN Orchid Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission. Applies IUCN criteria A–E to taxa with limited distributional data, range restriction, and active collection pressure.
Recognition
From the Field
A glimpse of what fieldwork looks like — navigating remote forests, documenting orchid populations, and collecting specimens across the Bird's Head Peninsula.
Selected photographs that show the beauty of West Papuan natural heritage.
Paphiopedilum papuanum
Critically Endangered · Bird's Head Peninsula
Bulbophyllum wiratnoi
New species, 2023 · Sect. Epicrianthes
Dendrobium eruciforme
New species, 2025 · Sect. Microphytanthe
Stigmatodactylus antennatus
New species, 2026 · West Papua Province
Cryptostylis arachnites
Bird's Head Peninsula
Anoectochilus rhombilabius
Jewel orchid · West Papua
Bulbophyllum globiceps
Bird's Head Peninsula
Calanthe ventilabrum
Terrestrial orchid · West Papua
Dendrobium wanmae
West Papua Province
Habenaria trichaete
West Papua Province
Oberonia heliophila
Epiphytic orchid
Arfak Mountains
Manokwari, West Papua
Find Me Elsewhere
Research profiles, publications, and project pages.
Bird's Head Orchid Flora
Interactive orchid identification and specimen database
ORCID
0000-0003-0454-936X
Google Scholar
Publication record and citations
ResearchGate
Research profile and full-text papers
GitHub
Rezamonium
Professional profile
@rezamonium
Indonesian Plants
Indonesian orchid checklist project