Wow, this is such a well-done video, Stephen! That old world town of Diamantina reminds me of the oldest town in my state of Florida, St. Augustine. I feel like I go back in time every time I visit there. Also, I have two tabebuia trees in my yard including the yellow variety you experienced. They are Tabebuia heterophylla - (Pink Trumpet Tree) and Tabebuia chrysotricha - 'Gold Tree' (or Gold Trumpet Tree). These ornamental trees are truly show pieces in my tropical landscape. I learned that they can be grown pretty well in the southernmost part of Texas (Zone 9b), too.
How awesome! Thanks for taking us along! The poor pups though that's sad. But the parakeets and hummingbirds were so amazing! Especially cause you were so close to them! How cool! I loved that little nest! The cave was really cool too! I'm sure it's not even close to Texas caves! 😂 again thanks for sharing it with us!
What beautiful pictures. Those hummingbirds were really large. The ones we have around my area are so tiny. Stephen, have you ever been to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky? There is over 400 miles of cave to explore.
I think blooming in the dry season makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. 1) the flowers are going to be more visible to pollinators 2) pollinators are going to be more actively pollinating in order to get food/water 3) they are going to be carrying seed early in the wet season and releasing it so that the offspring have time to germinate and establish before the dry season comes. Amaryllis, for example, only take about 2 months to mature their seed but they take 6-7 months from germination to start even the tiniest of bulbs.
Yes, there certainly is an advantage to blooming in the dry season, so long as a plant can store tons of energy. The presence of bees and hummingbirds definitely means there are plants to feed them!
Very nice. Thank you very much! ❤🎉
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Thank you for sharing the trip with us. Looking forward to the drone footage ❤❤❤
I haven't seen the drone footage yet either! I really want to see it lol
Nice trip 👍
Thank you!
🎉Thank you for sharing your adventures with us!!
Glad to do it!
What an awesome trip. So glad you shared. I love the hummingbirds. Here in Ohio we only get the ruby throat. Thanks again.👏🤗
Ruby throats are pretty cool! They pass through Texas on the way north and south.
Wow, this is such a well-done video, Stephen! That old world town of Diamantina reminds me of the oldest town in my state of Florida, St. Augustine. I feel like I go back in time every time I visit there. Also, I have two tabebuia trees in my yard including the yellow variety you experienced. They are Tabebuia heterophylla - (Pink Trumpet Tree) and Tabebuia chrysotricha - 'Gold Tree' (or Gold Trumpet Tree). These ornamental trees are truly show pieces in my tropical landscape. I learned that they can be grown pretty well in the southernmost part of Texas (Zone 9b), too.
I really want to check out St. Augustine one of these days! Deep south Texas looks a lot like Florida.
How awesome! Thanks for taking us along! The poor pups though that's sad. But the parakeets and hummingbirds were so amazing! Especially cause you were so close to them! How cool! I loved that little nest! The cave was really cool too! I'm sure it's not even close to Texas caves! 😂 again thanks for sharing it with us!
So much cool stuff to see in Brazil! I gotta go back...
@SVKLOrchids Yea i forgot to mention the amaryllis too! That was wild! 😱 I bet it's worth going back!
@@hillbillyorchids I was not expecting to see amaryllis out there! lol
Hi Stephen😃🙌Amazing photos and documentation. I enjoyed watching and can't wait to watch your collaboration video with Francisco😌🙏
It should be a fun video!
A very interesting video - beautiful pictures! Thank you!
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What beautiful pictures. Those hummingbirds were really large. The ones we have around my area are so tiny. Stephen, have you ever been to Mammoth Cave in Kentucky? There is over 400 miles of cave to explore.
I haven't been to Mammoth Cave yet. I want to check it out one of these days!
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Much appreciated!
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
@@venehamilton7010 thank you!
I think blooming in the dry season makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. 1) the flowers are going to be more visible to pollinators 2) pollinators are going to be more actively pollinating in order to get food/water 3) they are going to be carrying seed early in the wet season and releasing it so that the offspring have time to germinate and establish before the dry season comes. Amaryllis, for example, only take about 2 months to mature their seed but they take 6-7 months from germination to start even the tiniest of bulbs.
Yes, there certainly is an advantage to blooming in the dry season, so long as a plant can store tons of energy. The presence of bees and hummingbirds definitely means there are plants to feed them!