Manzanita Flower Discoveries

Apr 16, 2020 • 8:54 AM UTC

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Amy Downs

5th & 6th-grade teacher in Visalia, California

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The discoveries are always endless when you carry your Foldscope, a little tape, a paper slide, and use sunshine to provide ambient light.
After investigating the Manzanita Tree Blossom, I searched the internet to learn more about this tiny flower. I came across a web site from the
San Bruno Mountain Watch that included a post on the Manzanita flowers. Included was a video on high-speed buzz pollination and how it works.
Fascinating trail of new knowledge I learned from these little pink bell-shaped flowers I was walking by last weekend at my cabin.
https://www.mountainwatch.org/sbmwnewsblog/2016/3/5/buzz