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Showy Orchid (Galearis spectabilis), found near King’s Creek on the Andrew Pickens Ranger District of the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests. Taken 4/21/2023. This photo was submitted for the May 2023, employee photo contest: flowers and pollinators.
(USDA Forest Service photo by Irena Justice)
Pollinator, Cibola National Forest. This photo was submitted for the May 2023, employee photo contest: flowers and pollinators.
(USDA Forest Service photo by Marcus Elder)
It was a really hot and sunny day today, but suddenly started raining. So I took the D300 out and tried to shoot some waterdrops and flowers without a flash to see if the sunny day would provide enough light. These pictures are the result of that test.
In the spring of 2011, the U.S. Mission joined Geneva's Garden Charter and tilled one third of the grounds to be planted with a special mixture of indigenous species prepared by the Canton of Geneva's conservation office (The seed mix is called Prairie Fleurie / Melange de Geneve). The result exceeded our expectations. By mid-summer, our gardens were bursting with life and color much to the delight of U.S. Mission staff! The new gardens are easier to care for, better for biodiversity, and require less water.
U.S. Mission Photo by Eric Bridiers
- macro on top of the kelapa pandan tree (aromatic dwarf coconut tree).
- 66.6% crop. difficulty level: nose bleeding
- wished can spend more time up the tree. tarzan wannabe :)
When animals such as bees, butterflies, moths, flies, and hummingbirds pollinate plants, it's accidental. They are not trying to pollinate the plant. Usually they are at the plant to get food, the sticky pollen or a sweet nectar made at the base of the petals. When feeding, the animals accidentally rub against the stamens and get pollen stuck all over themselves. When they move to another flower to feed, some of the pollen can rub off onto this new plant's stigma
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A quarter of EU bumblebee species were endangered in 2014. The number of EU grassland butterflies is declining at a rate of 22 % per decade. Pollinators are threatened by intensive farming or pesticides while they are key allies to to sustain food security. 84 % of EU crops depend on pollination, at least partly. 50 % of pollinator-dependent crops face a lack of pollinators.
Have you ever watched a bee struggle to get away from a milkweed flower but just continue to repeatedly land and get stuck again? It's a fascinating process that I've been trying to photograph but since they move extremely fast trying to get loose, this is as close as I've come so far. This little guy's back leg is stuck and he struggled for quite a while. It's all part of the milkweed's reproductive process - a little entrapment with irresistible nectar and literal entrapment with a very sticky substance in each little floret's reproductive chamber. When the bees manage to pull a foot out, they often bring with it a pair of pollinia which may eventually wind up on another milkweed. If you look closely, the orangish yellow on his right front leg is a pair of pollinia. You may see bees with chains of them affixed to their feet. Be good to the bees - they work very hard to keep this world beautiful.
Pollinator, Cibola National Forest. This photo was submitted for the May 2023, employee photo contest: flowers and pollinators.
(USDA Forest Service photo by Marcus Elder)
This bee couldn't keep the pollen off its WINGS while visiting this beautiful Echinopsis flower. Seen in the Desert Garden at the Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens, San Marino CA
Bonus shot of a beautiful tri-colored bumblebee butt. Happy Beautiful Big Butt Thursday Everyone!
Bombus rufocinctus - Red Belted Bumble Bee
I think my cucumber plant has had 20 or so female flowers, but only one male flower. I managed to take the one male flower to pollinated a few female flowers, so hopefully I'll get something. I had to cut off a lot of unpollinated flowers.