Caught in the act

[Danzick]

I was wondering if something was pollinating these plants.  I noticed some type of wasp type critter frequenting the area around them and caught him/her in the act.

[Syd]

very sweet man, kudos

[Stonehenge]

Yeah, nice photos. I wish the wasps would pollenate mine. I have to do it by hand and haven't had super success.

It's odd how the bees have vanished in recent years. I rarely see one in the wild anymore. I'm not sure how long it's been. Wasps seem to be filling the empty niche.

[Danzick]

Actually Stoney, it was the past conversations we've had about pollination that got me to looking.  Normally I don't pay much attention to wasps and was keeping my eyes open for a bee of some sort and you're right, not too many bees around lately.  I have yet to see a bee anywhere near these plants.

[catfish]

cool pics
are those psychotrias?

[Danzick]

Nope, not psychotrias.  They're an erythroxylum species.

[Stonehenge]

The flowers do look a lot like pv flowers but the leaves give it away. PV leaves are much darker green.

[catfish]

i saw the red berries and
immediately thought
Psychotria
even better than pv tho
how difficult are the Erythroxylum
to maintain
i have read that it is not easy...

[Sea Mac]

I Caught pollinators helping me out on my Salvia divinorum plants.



It was an Anna's hummingbird that thought my Salvia divinorum tree was his personal cafeteria!  (I named him)



You can see more of this at these two links:

http://sagewisdom.org/hummingbird.html

http://members.cox.net/thegarden/index.html

These pollinators are Very Fast hit-and-run artists so I was 'kind of lucky' to get these photographs. You blink and the beast has flown ...

Carl McCall (C. Mc.)

PS  and I got seeds with his help, too!

And for more of my special hummingbird "Photos" check out


http://members.cox.net/hummertime/

[Danzick]

Very nice Sea Mac!!!  There's just something about hummingbirds...
Another reminder about how important pollinators are and their relationships with the plants we love.


catfish:  not too hard to grow once they get beyond seedling size.

[Sea Mac]

 I loved that 3rd picture of the wasp you caught in the act! That's absolutely stunningly clear: I would ask you about the photography and its details but it would be off topic.

(I used a Canon on a tripod for the above 2 hummingbird photo.)

[Stonehenge]

Very nice action photos, Sea Mac.

Yeah, the berries look a little alike, PV and e novo. Both red but the novos are a little more stretched out.

On a side note, I saw a bee today buzzing over my PV. You don't see those everyday so maybe bees are making a comeback. I suspect a lot of the survivors are africanized but I don't know. Don't mess with any bee hives you see in the wild. It could be fatal. Regular honey bees nest high up usually but africans will nest closer to the ground or even in holes in the ground.

[DrYRHead]

Cool    pics as usual Sea Mac.  :wink:

[anti-light]

erythroxylum..... does anyone have cuttings/seeds???


take care... PeAcE