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After my earlier oversight (see previous photo) I have managed to get some symmetry relative to nature. Yes, into the kitchen (again) a quick rummage in the fridge and out with the cucumber and some little plum tomatoes! Voila, Symmetry In Nature ..... thought I'd avoid any leaves or seashells!
Our for dinner tonight, so I have the weekend to catch up on my comments which are "slightly" falling behind!!
Our Daily Challenge - NATURE IN SYMMETRY ......
Just planted more cucumber seeds,should take about 7- 10 to get leafs on them then transfer to bigger pots in the poly tunnel.
Succulent labelled "Pickle Plant" for obvious reason but that name is for a Senecio. This is a Cucumber Cactus Cissus cactiformis May 2022
Cissus is a family of woody vines including Grapes. Several sites identify it as a cactus and others say it is a drought tolerant woody vine. In my collection. July 2022.
Cold and miserable outside today.
Was bored so got busy in the kitchen.
Cross section of a cucumber.
Colours slightly enhanced and over-exaggerated in LR for effect.
Saw this cucumber flower growing wild outside the gate of my home. The bright yellow colour and large petals often makes this flower look like a dead leaf. Cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family. It is a creeping vine that roots in the ground and grows up the trunks of surrounding trees or other supporting frames, wrapping around ribbing with thin, spiraling tendrils. The plant has large leaves - as can be seen in this photo - that form a canopy over the fruit.
One large and one small. The small one is probably a juvenile! The large one has the typical tiny red spot behind its spinnerette.
365/156 - Year 14 Photo 3443
Forgotten files from my trip out to Ohiopyle Pennsylvania this past June... little rafting, camping and hiking.
The bilimbi, Averrhoa bilimbi, L., (Oxalidaceae), is closely allied to the carambola but quite different in appearance, manner of fruiting, flavor and uses. The only strictly English names are "cucumber tree" and "tree sorrel", bestowed by the British in colonial times. "Bilimbi" is the common name in India and has become widely used. In Malaya, it is called belimbing asam, belimbing buloh, b'ling, or billing-billing. In Indonesia, it is belimbing besu, balimbing, blimbing, or blimbing wuluh; in Thailand, it is taling pling, or kaling pring.
In Haiti, it is called blimblin; in Jamaica, bimbling plum; in Cuba, it is grosella china; in El Salvador and Nicaragua, mimbro; in Costa Rica, mimbro or tiriguro; in Venezuela,vinagrillo; in Surinam and Guyana, birambi; in Argentina, pepino de Indias. To the French it is carambolier bilimbi, or cornichon des Indes. Filipinos generally call it kamias but there are about a dozen other native names.
Possibly originating on the Moluccas, Indonesia, the species is cultivated or found semi-wild throughout Indonesia,the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). It is common in other Southeast Asian countries. In India, where it is usually found in gardens, the bilimbi has gone wild in the warmest regions of the country.
It is known as many different names in parts of Kerala. Irumban puli, Ilimbi, Ilumbanpuli, Chemmeen puli and Keerichakka are some among them. It is used to make squash, jam, pickles or added to fish curries.
www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/bilimbi.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averrhoa_bilimbi
www.hear.org/pier/species/averrhoa_bilimbi.htm
Taken at Kudayathoor, Kerala, India
We've had lots of rain so far, and that means lots of cucumbers. I tried this Polish pickling recipe:
Cucumbers
Dill (top parts, plus seeds)
Garlic cloves, partly crushed (allow 3-4 per jar)
Water & kosher salt (1.5 tbsp per 1 liter)
Method
Clean cucumbers, cut (leave connected at the end) lengthwise into 4 segments). Get sterilized jar, place some dill and garlic at the bottom, then fill it tightly with cucumbers (tops of cucumbers go down, they will pickle better, and will later be easier to remove from the jar), and top again with dill and garlic.
Bring water solution to boil, and pour it over the jarred cucumber, dill and garlic mixture. Close jar with clean lid. Leave at room temperature for about 3 days, once opened, keep them in refrigerator. I usually eat them next day!
6-inch California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus).
Photographed 01/19/15 during -1.4-foot low tide, at Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve: www.pvplc.org/_lands/abalone_cove.asp
Hand-held Nikon D5200 at ISO 200, with Nikkor 105G macro lens, 1/200-sec at f/16, Nissin Di866 speedlight with 6x8-inch FotoDiox softbox diffuser.
Probably the last of the crop? I forgot to water the plants yesterday...and they looked as if they had been very offended.
A spectacular shot of a swimming sea cucumber, or holothurian, seen during the Gulf of Mexico 2018 expedition.
During the expedition, we encountered many sea cucumbers that not only swim, but rise, sink, and hover. These behaviors suggest that some species are specially adapted to manage their buoyancy (the force that allows something to float, sink, or remain neutral in a liquid) remarkably well.
This image was featured as our September 14, 2020 Image of the Day. For the full gallery, visit: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/daily-image/welcome.html.
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2018.
Covid-19 lockdown. Itiching to do something with my camera. So this is the result of an afternoon experimenting with backlighting.
And water.
And a cucumber (!)
Another view of Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park. This was also taken in late summer when the water levels are lower.
Cucumber spider -(Araniella cucurbitina or Araniella opsithogapha). I.D is apperently difficult on live specimens!
This little spider is only about 6mm, but is a striking lime green.
Some of the farmed goats that roam the Spinalonga Peninsula in Crete feasting on a truckload of cucumbers left for them together with piles of cabbages and lettuces. I also saw armfuls of cucumbers being handed from the same truck to taxi drivers in the town. Wonder where they came from....
Not as sharp as I would have liked because the insect was waving about in the stiff wind. I waited as long as I could for the wind to settle before he took off , which is usually when they reach the top of the stalk. I Gave this one a mono conversion then brought back the colour with a mask to separate him from the background. My first cucumber beetle.
A Sea Cucumber is not a vegetable, it's an animal that lives on the sea floor. Photo taken at Sea World, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
A sea cucumber on a sandy bottom off the south coast of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. NOAA scientists have been exploring and mapping the seafloor in this region for the past twelve years. To see more images from the seafloor, visit oceanservice.noaa.gov/caribbean-mapping/gallery-seafloor....
Sea cucumber (Trachythyone elongata)... Red Sea, Egypt...
An animal found on the sea floor worldwide. It is so named because of its cucumber-like shape..
Large On Black
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is a creeping vine that bears cucumiform fruits that are used as vegetables.
Couldn't pass up some berry photos, didn't notice the tiny cucumber beetle until later on the computer since shot from a distance, was happy to see it.
Took another quick walk this morning while temps were cool. Some along a walking trail, others at the nearby park. Had to get these in as storms forecast all weekend. Sorry for so many photos, just saving to albums, no need to comment.