Fairy slippers employ "deceptive pollination". They offer no nectar or pollen reward, but rely on newly-emerged, naïve young bumblebees to stumble around in their flowers at least twice before the bugs figure out that the shelves are empty, haha. Still gorgeous. #nativeplants 🌿

Final de tarde no Cerrado campo sujo ensacando estruturas reprodutivas #phenology #ecology

Speaking a little bit about Cerrado and post fire flowering

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more fieldwork, more discoveries, more records. Pollinator 🤝🏻 Vellozia sp 45 days after fire.

1st scientific conference. "Flames and flowers: fire season drives reproductive timing in the Cerrado" special thanks to Alessandra Fidelis and Heloiza L. Zirondi "The natural world is the greatest source of excitement [...] It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living."

Pheno2025 - "Towards a global phenology science"

Uma belezinha do Cerrado. Encontrada no município de Cavalcante-GO. Stachytarpheta glauca, ameaçada de extinção.

Going to the field with @fealvarez.bsky.social to see the post-fire flowering plants - we found this cute one (Stenandrium irwinii)

Pra todos aqueles que mantém o Cerrado vivo: O Cerrado continua lindo O Morro do Cocuruto continua sendo O Cerrado, área aberta ou fechada Alô, alô, Lobo Guará, aquele abraço Alô o canto da Seriema, aquele abraço Alô, alô, Lobo Guará, aquele abraço Alô o canto da Seriema, aquele abraço

Calliandra dysantha a Cigana do Cerrado encantando o Cerrado

II Simpósio Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo da Chapada dos Veadeiros 🔥