‘Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), botanist, zoologist, physician and taxonomist, published his Systema Naturae in the Netherlands in 1735, followed by his Species Plantarum in 1753, marking the first scientific enquiry into the reproduction and categorization of plants. Georg Ehret’s accompanying illustrations, so precise yet so lively, appear to inform Anne-Mie Melis’ plant imaginings. Delicately rendered with a hint of colour, her ‘botanical’ drawings are pent up with anticipation. They are infused with a sort of kinetic energy … Melis’ drawings are poetic speculations on future plants: auditory, electronic, intelligent and self-determined’ (Frances Woolley, 2016, flora The Exhibition, catalogue)

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