The icons of the Curitiba Herbarium, MBM (or perhaps even the whole city) include Araucaria, grapes and corn.

electricorchid:

The black orchid Maxillaria schunkeana is found in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. | +

Two different populations (by row) of Oxalis bipartita ssp. Pabstii. Leaf heteroblasty.

There’s this great park in Sao Paulo that was created by Oscar Niemeyer. It has a great hovering pavilion, under which the bike acrobats were holding court. Niemeyer’s performance hall is in the background.

Oxalis conorrhiza (Mattos 14874). Super hairy, and with a nice storage structure.

The characteristic ‘beaked’ fruits of Oxalis niederleinii (Souza et al. 46, at SPF).

This is the border of Rio Grande do Sul (the high campos that sit above the ridge, to the left) and Santa Catarina (everything to the right), between Sao Jose dos Ausentes (RS) and Timbe do Sul (SC). This is where we collected O. calva…

Spectacular graffiti in Sao Paulo.

Oxalis perdicaria!

Sao Joaquim Araucarias.

Poop ecosystem.

I think the little one is the male.

I love the blue paper.

We hoped to find this strange species, Oxalis praetexta.

Oxalis calva(?) on the edge of Santa Catarina, about 1200 m. This is a mid from a trimorphic population.