Seed Pods
These are seed pods from the golden raintree, a species I’ve only seen here in Florida. Several of these large trees in my garden provide amazing fall color with two weeks of golden flowers in September followed by two months when the trees are laden with these salmon-colored seed pods, each containing three sturdy seeds. The pods resemble Chinese paper lanterns, or, as a second thought thought based on Cal's initial comment below, luscious lips in a Botox commercial. :-))
I generally like to photograph things in their natural setting, but these trees are forty feet high, and somehow, the delicate pods lose much of their impact when heaped on the ground. Plus it was pouring rain, so I, appropriately, took my raintree pods inside and tried a tabletop display.
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Seed Pods
These are seed pods from the golden raintree, a species I’ve only seen here in Florida. Several of these large trees in my garden provide amazing fall color with two weeks of golden flowers in September followed by two months when the trees are laden with these salmon-colored seed pods, each containing three sturdy seeds. The pods resemble Chinese paper lanterns, or, as a second thought thought based on Cal's initial comment below, luscious lips in a Botox commercial. :-))
I generally like to photograph things in their natural setting, but these trees are forty feet high, and somehow, the delicate pods lose much of their impact when heaped on the ground. Plus it was pouring rain, so I, appropriately, took my raintree pods inside and tried a tabletop display.
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