Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) flower in the female phase, with anthers still packed into a ball that looks like an osage orange. Mostly pollinated by beetles and flies attracted to the unpleasant odor. I'm hoping for fruit this year. #pawpaw #fruit #botany #flowers #tree #nature #pollination #annonaceae #gardening

Rollinia mucosa, formerly Rollinia deliciosa and still muy deliciosa for us, is a native #Amazon #rainforest #fruit tree that is widely adapted and (unlike many of its cultivated congeners) grows well in areas with a high water table. It sprouts up like a weed at #FincaDelSoul as the birds scatter seeds across the the landscape and aid us in the #reforestation effort and the stewardship of an abundant #FoodForest ecosystem. The fruit is more goopy than most of its Annona relatives, without well-defined carpels, and it has a very pleasant custardy texture with a sweet and slightly tangy flavour that is maybe something between cherimoya and caimito. Here our new friend and valued #volunteer is harvesting the last fruit of the season, about to enjoy a small sample of the deliciousness that is possible when we grow together with the forest and plant #TreesNotGrass.

Great fruit, great friends, great aspirations. Finca Del Soul is accepting volunteers to co-create a new paradigm of #SustainableLiving and #FoodFreedom here in the #AmazonRainforest and set a positive example that others can emulate.

https://amazonrestore.codeberg.page/volunteer/finca-del-soul/

#Rollinia #Annona #Annonaceae #biriba
#fruiterrarist #fruiterrarism
#veganarchist #veganarchism #volunteering
#veganic #FruitForest #gardening #Amazonia
#ecuador #VeganTravel #TravelWithPride
#GrowYourOwn #SolarpunkSunday

Lots of ants, flies, and beetles have been showing up in the pawpaw patch. Apparently highly attractive to scorpionflies (Mecoptera), too, though I've yet to see them. #annonaceae #pawpaw #tree #plants #flies #ants #pollinators #flowers #insects

Flower bud on one of my pawpaws (Asimina triloba). Blooms smell awful and are visited by flies and beetles. Fruit is amazing. #pawpaw #flower #bud #flowers #fruit #annonaceae #botany #tree