Hello! The best "steem pathway" could be to join steemSTEM community. Find steemSTEM on discord and read all related guidelines.

Some quick tips: present your original work and your passion. Write about the orchids, take your own images and make it nice, long and readable for general public. Check @dber for inspiration, he is writing about mushrooms.

Don't be afraid to present some details, there are many biologists here and we like to learn. Use and cite original sources, real scientific papers.

It's much better to write nice, long posts, rather than "1 picture, 1 paragraph posts". Avoid making Wiki 2.0, be original.

Never, ever, plagiarize. Never. Seriously, never.