PLANT GOES TO SEED... SWAN MILKWEED…
Gomphocarpus fruticosus: Asclepias fruticosa is the old botanical name, Narrowleaf cotton bush, Swan bush, Swan milkweed the popular ones.
Here: the seed-box/fruit
Inflated green and later light brown, papery pod or follicle; short bristly hair cover the outer surface; dark seeds have silvery cotton wool-like attachments that facilitate wind distribution.
Asclepias fruticosa is a species of milkweed native to South Africa.
It is also common in New Zealand where it is the main host of the monarch butterfly.
The plant's tissues contain sufficient cardenolides that consumption of significant quantities of the plant's leaves, stems, or fruit may lead to death in livestock and humans.
Brought this from Sardinia to photograph in my studio.
… what happened next?
THE SEEDS: due to the heat given off by the lights in the studio, the pods started to open and the pod opened and released the seeds.
Hundreds of seeds fluffing from that one pod. In a matter of minutes all of the seeds floated out of the pod.
Once the process of release started, it could not be stopped.
I loved shooting this small miracle of nature in my studio.
Thank you for your comments and time, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
"Swan milkweed", "Gomphocarpus fruticosus", "Asclepias, fruticosar", seed-box, fruit, green, design, seeds, Autumn, "conceptual art", studio, black-background, colour, square, "Nikon D7000", "Magda indigo"
PLANT GOES TO SEED... SWAN MILKWEED…
Gomphocarpus fruticosus: Asclepias fruticosa is the old botanical name, Narrowleaf cotton bush, Swan bush, Swan milkweed the popular ones.
Here: the seed-box/fruit
Inflated green and later light brown, papery pod or follicle; short bristly hair cover the outer surface; dark seeds have silvery cotton wool-like attachments that facilitate wind distribution.
Asclepias fruticosa is a species of milkweed native to South Africa.
It is also common in New Zealand where it is the main host of the monarch butterfly.
The plant's tissues contain sufficient cardenolides that consumption of significant quantities of the plant's leaves, stems, or fruit may lead to death in livestock and humans.
Brought this from Sardinia to photograph in my studio.
… what happened next?
THE SEEDS: due to the heat given off by the lights in the studio, the pods started to open and the pod opened and released the seeds.
Hundreds of seeds fluffing from that one pod. In a matter of minutes all of the seeds floated out of the pod.
Once the process of release started, it could not be stopped.
I loved shooting this small miracle of nature in my studio.
Thank you for your comments and time, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
"Swan milkweed", "Gomphocarpus fruticosus", "Asclepias, fruticosar", seed-box, fruit, green, design, seeds, Autumn, "conceptual art", studio, black-background, colour, square, "Nikon D7000", "Magda indigo"