Reza Saputra

Field orchid researcher and conservation biologist specialising in the taxonomy and distribution of Orchidaceae across the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia.

Forest Ecosystem Specialist with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, and MSc candidate in Tropical Biology & Conservation at James Cook University, Australia.

BBKSDA Papua Barat DayaJames Cook UniversityIUCN Orchid Specialist Group

Contact me Bird's Head Orchid Flora

Field Expeditions

West Papua, 2015–2024

IUCN Red List Assessments

Orchid species assessed

381

Taxa Recorded

1,082 specimen records

17+

Scientific Publications

incl. 12 new species described

Research & Projects

Ongoing and recent work in orchid taxonomy, field inventory, conservation assessment, and digital botany.

MSc Thesis

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 381 taxa across 82 genera from over 1,000 georeferenced records.

Ecological Modelling

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).

Taxonomy & Database

Indonesian Orchid Checklist

Contributing to a national-scale botanical database for Indonesian orchid flora, with a focus on Papuan taxa. Includes taxonomy reconciliation, geographic range documentation, nomenclatural updates, and integration of new species records from recent field collections.

IUCN Red List

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.