The Botanical testing stations were scientific structures on Arrakis. The oldest ones were ancient facilities built by the first imperial prospectors and Explorers and later long forgotten.Many had since become home to Outlaw clans of Zensunni Renegades who had turned them into early sietches. Others were built later by the Planetologists Pardot and Liet Kynes.The Botanical testing stations provided the early Fremen with knowledge and equipment to built their own Windtraps and secret palmeries.

Images of botanical testing stations

Botanical testing station laboratory concept art (Dune, 2021, art by Deak Ferrand)

Duncan Idaho exploring botany lab at the Botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Entrance into botanical testing station concept art (Dune, 2021, art by Deak Ferrand)

Large moisture-gathering room of botanical testing station concept art (Dune, 2021, art by Deak Ferrand)

Large moisture-gathering room of a botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Botanical testing station laboratory hallway concept art (Dune, 2021, art by Deak Ferrand)

Duncan Idaho resting at the Botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Duncan Idaho fighting Sardaukar soldiers in the laboratory hallway of the Botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Landing pad of botanical testing station concept art (Dune, 2021, art by Deak Ferrand)

Light two-seater ornithopter parked at botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Light two-seater ornithopter departing botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Light two-seater ornithopter departing botanical testing station (Dune, 2021)

Sietch with botanical research station (Dune, Cryo Interactive)

Botanical testing grant as depicted in the Dune CCG