I find it so funny how blackberry lily (Iris domestica) petals/sepals twist around each other as the ovary expands below them! Some Uzumaki vibes going on

Heading back to Brazil after six amazing months at the University of Connecticut working with Pam Diggle and Cindi Jones.

Leaving behind 700 seedlings to continue growing in the greenhouse.

I can’t wait to return and conduct fire-induced experiments on plant development!

I think about this reddit interaction at least twice a week

I swear it wasn’t staged.

Posting this old cartoon just because I never thought I would draw buds with… haircuts. This cartoon refers to the potential of some buds to survive fire when protected by trichomes (hairs), allowing them to develop into resprouts after fire events besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Managed to see Harvard’s Glass Flowers exhibition completely empty today, and wow, just wow. The craftsmanship and attention to detail are incredible

Hi everyone! I've been around here for sometime and finally decided to put effort into moving from twitter (rip) to bsky. I'm a Brazilian PhD student exploring tropical savannas and forests with deep interest in plant biology and ecology in general.
[the pic is a bait - lovely Miconia stem section]