Born in the The Netherlands in 1972. I am interested in botany since age 13. Since 1997 I am a professional botanist, now operating from Genk, Belgium. I am a very busy administrator on https://waarnemingen.be/ and validated over 2,5 million observations there. I started with Thomas, https://www.inaturalist.org/people/thomas--, in 2016 a plant-study-group for prospecting wild flora in Genk. Interested ? Join our (free of charge) walks on sundaymornings here: https://www.facebook.com/pwgenk/