FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬
@flowerlab.bsky.social
FLOWer Lab of the Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra - Plant #Ecology and #Evolution (in particular #Polyploidy), #Pollination Services and #Agroecology led by João Loureiro and Sílvia Castro
And we continue to show you some of the preciousness of the Santa Catarina Forest in Coimbra! Today we bring you these wonderful mushrooms!
February 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
And we continue to show you some of the preciousness of the Santa Catarina Forest in Coimbra! Today we bring you these wonderful mushrooms!
FLOWer Lab at #ECOFLOR2026 🌸 in Tortosa (Feb 11–14 2026).
Afonso Petronilho presented his poster on the reproductive ecology of Succisella carvalhoana, a critically endangered Portuguese endemic.
A great and inspiring meeting as always, with valuable discussions and networking opportunities.🐝💪💯
Afonso Petronilho presented his poster on the reproductive ecology of Succisella carvalhoana, a critically endangered Portuguese endemic.
A great and inspiring meeting as always, with valuable discussions and networking opportunities.🐝💪💯
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM
FLOWer Lab at #ECOFLOR2026 🌸 in Tortosa (Feb 11–14 2026).
Afonso Petronilho presented his poster on the reproductive ecology of Succisella carvalhoana, a critically endangered Portuguese endemic.
A great and inspiring meeting as always, with valuable discussions and networking opportunities.🐝💪💯
Afonso Petronilho presented his poster on the reproductive ecology of Succisella carvalhoana, a critically endangered Portuguese endemic.
A great and inspiring meeting as always, with valuable discussions and networking opportunities.🐝💪💯
Yesterday in the Mata de Santa Catarina, an Eristalis hoverfly during its daily grooming routine 🪰
A small but meticulous ritual, cleaning wings and antennae, keeping flight performance at its best. Even brief sunny intervals matter.
A small but meticulous ritual, cleaning wings and antennae, keeping flight performance at its best. Even brief sunny intervals matter.
February 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Yesterday in the Mata de Santa Catarina, an Eristalis hoverfly during its daily grooming routine 🪰
A small but meticulous ritual, cleaning wings and antennae, keeping flight performance at its best. Even brief sunny intervals matter.
A small but meticulous ritual, cleaning wings and antennae, keeping flight performance at its best. Even brief sunny intervals matter.
At the FLOWer Lab we’ve been scouting new sites in Coimbra for future Butterfly Monitoring transects 🦋
Over the next few days, we’ll share some of the small natural gems we found on this first truly sunny day in a long time ☀️
Starting with this fern, cf. Polypodium, and its remarkable sori.
Over the next few days, we’ll share some of the small natural gems we found on this first truly sunny day in a long time ☀️
Starting with this fern, cf. Polypodium, and its remarkable sori.
February 14, 2026 at 7:39 PM
At the FLOWer Lab we’ve been scouting new sites in Coimbra for future Butterfly Monitoring transects 🦋
Over the next few days, we’ll share some of the small natural gems we found on this first truly sunny day in a long time ☀️
Starting with this fern, cf. Polypodium, and its remarkable sori.
Over the next few days, we’ll share some of the small natural gems we found on this first truly sunny day in a long time ☀️
Starting with this fern, cf. Polypodium, and its remarkable sori.
We were delighted to host @juliaosterman.bsky.social over the past three weeks. 🐝🌸 This week, she gave the talk “Improving our understanding of pollinators’ pesticide risk”. Thank you, Julia, for the inspiring exchange and collaboration. We hope to welcome you back! Next time with some sunshine ☀️!
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
We were delighted to host @juliaosterman.bsky.social over the past three weeks. 🐝🌸 This week, she gave the talk “Improving our understanding of pollinators’ pesticide risk”. Thank you, Julia, for the inspiring exchange and collaboration. We hope to welcome you back! Next time with some sunshine ☀️!
Coimbra hosted the BeeConnected SUDOE participatory workshop 🐝
Stakeholders worked in groups to identify threats to pollinators, prioritize actions and co-create solutions for urban biodiversity.
Thank you to all participants for your engagement and valuable contributions. 🌼
#BeeConnectedSUDOE
Stakeholders worked in groups to identify threats to pollinators, prioritize actions and co-create solutions for urban biodiversity.
Thank you to all participants for your engagement and valuable contributions. 🌼
#BeeConnectedSUDOE
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Coimbra hosted the BeeConnected SUDOE participatory workshop 🐝
Stakeholders worked in groups to identify threats to pollinators, prioritize actions and co-create solutions for urban biodiversity.
Thank you to all participants for your engagement and valuable contributions. 🌼
#BeeConnectedSUDOE
Stakeholders worked in groups to identify threats to pollinators, prioritize actions and co-create solutions for urban biodiversity.
Thank you to all participants for your engagement and valuable contributions. 🌼
#BeeConnectedSUDOE
Até já Carolina! Foi um gosto enorme aprendermos contigo ao longo destes dois últimos anos! Estamos sempre aqui para o que necessitares! Muito obrigado por tudo!
Boa sorte e muito sucesso para esta nova etapa!
Boa sorte e muito sucesso para esta nova etapa!
February 12, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Até já Carolina! Foi um gosto enorme aprendermos contigo ao longo destes dois últimos anos! Estamos sempre aqui para o que necessitares! Muito obrigado por tudo!
Boa sorte e muito sucesso para esta nova etapa!
Boa sorte e muito sucesso para esta nova etapa!
Dia Internacional das Mulheres e Meninas na Ciência #WomenInScience
February 11, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Dia Internacional das Mulheres e Meninas na Ciência #WomenInScience
Jantar de Rainhas e Reis do FLOWer Lab na boa companhia de muitas das caras-metade dos membros do FLOWer Lab! Um 2026 cheio de ação, biodiversidade e interações planta-polinizador!
Queens and Kings Dinner, wishing for a 2026 full of action, biodiversity, and plant–pollinator interactions!
Queens and Kings Dinner, wishing for a 2026 full of action, biodiversity, and plant–pollinator interactions!
January 8, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Jantar de Rainhas e Reis do FLOWer Lab na boa companhia de muitas das caras-metade dos membros do FLOWer Lab! Um 2026 cheio de ação, biodiversidade e interações planta-polinizador!
Queens and Kings Dinner, wishing for a 2026 full of action, biodiversity, and plant–pollinator interactions!
Queens and Kings Dinner, wishing for a 2026 full of action, biodiversity, and plant–pollinator interactions!
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[1/3] We’re closing out the year with THREE new tools for pollinator identification. 1) Bee image database: Explore over 8,000 macro images covering more than 2,000 European Wild Bee species. Search by family, genus, or country to see diagnostic features in vivid detail 🐝 pollinatoracademy.eu/images
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
[1/3] We’re closing out the year with THREE new tools for pollinator identification. 1) Bee image database: Explore over 8,000 macro images covering more than 2,000 European Wild Bee species. Search by family, genus, or country to see diagnostic features in vivid detail 🐝 pollinatoracademy.eu/images
Happy holidays and a 2026 full of nature! 🎄
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Happy holidays and a 2026 full of nature! 🎄
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
From the FLOWer Lab we wish you happy days, many discoveries and time to appreciate the plants, pollinators and the whole natural world around us. 🌸🐝
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Super excited to see the EU Delegation Act to monitor pollinators finally published: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/...
eur-lex.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Super excited to see the EU Delegation Act to monitor pollinators finally published: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/...
The @ec.europa.eu approved the EU-PoMS, the new pollinator scheme that harmonises monitoring across the EU. The first period runs from 2027 to 2030. The PT-PoMS proposal developed in PolinizAÇÃO and submitted to ICNF is fully aligned with the Delegated Act. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The @ec.europa.eu approved the EU-PoMS, the new pollinator scheme that harmonises monitoring across the EU. The first period runs from 2027 to 2030. The PT-PoMS proposal developed in PolinizAÇÃO and submitted to ICNF is fully aligned with the Delegated Act. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
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A Comissão Europeia aprovou o EU-PoMS, o novo esquema que harmoniza a monitorização de polinizadores na UE. O primeiro período abrange 2027 a 2030. A proposta de PT-PoMS desenvolvida no PolinizAÇÃO e entregue ao ICNF está alinhada com o Ato Delegado aprovado. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A Comissão Europeia aprovou o EU-PoMS, o novo esquema que harmoniza a monitorização de polinizadores na UE. O primeiro período abrange 2027 a 2030. A proposta de PT-PoMS desenvolvida no PolinizAÇÃO e entregue ao ICNF está alinhada com o Ato Delegado aprovado. 🐝💛
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
📃 eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Magusto 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Magusto 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
Bonfire chestnut celebration 2025!
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🐝 Os polinizadores valem milhões... Um novo estudo do FLOWer Lab revela que garantem mais de 2 mil milhões de €/ano à agricultura PT, sendo 1,1 mil milhões assegurados por polinizadores selvagens. Protegê-los é vital para a nossa alimentação, economia e futuro.
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Pollinator contribution to crop production: a temporal and economic assessment in Portugal - Regional Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecosystem service that supports agriculture and food security, with significant economic relevance. Yet, national-scale assessments remain scarce, despite their critical role in i...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🐝 Os polinizadores valem milhões... Um novo estudo do FLOWer Lab revela que garantem mais de 2 mil milhões de €/ano à agricultura PT, sendo 1,1 mil milhões assegurados por polinizadores selvagens. Protegê-los é vital para a nossa alimentação, economia e futuro.
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Notícia: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Pollinator contribution to crop production: a temporal and economic assessment in Portugal - Regional Environmental Change
Pollination is a key ecosystem service that supports agriculture and food security, with significant economic relevance. Yet, national-scale assessments remain scarce, despite their critical role in i...
link.springer.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🐝 Pollinators are worth billions. A new study from the FLOWer Lab shows they secure over €2B/year for PT agriculture, with €1.1B coming from wild pollinators. Protecting them is essential for our food, economy and future.
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
Read it: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
News: www.uc.pt/fctuc/notici...
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O suspense acabou… 🤭 Já podemos revelar a data e o programa de inauguração da nova exposição do #PavilhaodoConhecimento: “SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza”.
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza - Inauguração
A exposição
www.pavconhecimento.pt
October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
O suspense acabou… 🤭 Já podemos revelar a data e o programa de inauguração da nova exposição do #PavilhaodoConhecimento: “SUPERBICHOS! Incríveis por Natureza”.
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
📢 Marquem na agenda: 24 de outubro, sexta-feira, a partir das 18.30. Entrada livre.
Programa: www.pavconhecimento.pt/exposicoes/s...
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#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
Effective pollination is crucial for sweet cherry production, as 82% of its yield depends on animal pollination. However, factors like flower phenology and cultivar compatibility are often overlooked...
doi.org
August 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#OpenAccess
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
Flowering synchrony and cultivar compatibility as key factors for optimising sweet cherry pollination and production
🍒 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
🌸 It's essential to include compatibility & regional flower phenology in orchard design 🌸
@catarinasiopa.bsky.social @jloureiro13.bsky.social
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Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Very proud to hear this wonderful talk by #SilviaCastro from @pollinet.bsky.social. 👏 #SPECO has been very well represented at @sibecol.bsky.social #congress
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The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).
April 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Dutch Grassland Butterfly indicator (www.clo.nl/indicatoren/...) shows a decline of more than 70%. It will be hard to achieve an increasing trend in 2030, as required in art 11 in the Nature Restoration Regulation (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...).
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Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Las moscas florícolas (Syrphidae) son insectos altamente beneficiosos: mientras que los adultos polinizan, sus larvas contribuyen al reciclaje de la materia orgánica 🍂 o al control de plagas agrícolas.
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
Os dejo aquí una lámina genial con las especies del género Eristalis de la península ibérica 😉👇
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How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
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My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
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Nurture
#GreenJobs
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Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
theconversation.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
How to create a #nature-literate society.
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
@uclnews.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
My latest article @theconversation.com
Revaluing naturalists' skills is essential for a future where we work with, not against, nature.
Notice
Name
Nurture
#GreenJobs
theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
@uclnews.bsky.social @curlewaction.bsky.social
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Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
March 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ontem foi um dia muito bonito! Obrigado a todos os envolvidos!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
Visitem a exposição Pequenos Gigantes - Guardiões da Biodiversidade para ficarem a conhecer melhor alguns da diversidade de polinizadores que podem encontrar em Portugal através do olho e da lente do Albano Soares!
🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
March 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🌿 New publication with FLOWer Lab’s contribution!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!
With Sílvia Castro, led by Catarina Gomes from Madeira Botanical Group, this study on Musschia wollastonii reveals its mixed reproductive system—self-pollination and insect pollinators, mostly hoverflies and butterflies. Many act as pollen robbers!