A lot of our field work was a canoe/swamp walk from the field station, but we also spent a lot of time wandering in and around the field station collecting plants to i.d.
Forest trail
Forest trail
Apocynaceae flower (milkweed family).
Epiphytic Cacti
An acacia shrub. The thorns are hollow and are home to biting ants that protect the tree from herbivory.
In exchange the ants get some lipid-rich beltian bodies that can be seen growing at the tips of these leaflets.
A Solanaceae flower (potato family).
We each collected 3-5 herbarium specimens that will be sent to various herbaria, including the one here in Edinburgh. If they arrive in time we'll get a chance to mount them as well. This was my first specimen: Cissampelos pareira, part of the Menispermeaceae family. I'm rather fond of it's fuzzy heart-shaped leaves.
Mini, green Cissampelos flower.
Funky fungus
One huge palm leaf.
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