San Diego California USA

iPhone shot of a flower seedpod.

Seedpod 01, by Rick Vermey

(from our late June trip)

North side of Mono Lake,

Mono Co., California

Intrigued when we saw these pods on 3+ foot (1m) upright stems, it took me asking the right person at a CNPS event to get the ID. (Thanks, Dave.) While I was especially amazed by those swirls at the distal end of the pods, I have read a comment I like about the minute projections along the capsules being "nature's original velcro plant, the pods have stiff curved hairs that will cling to your clothing or fur which helps the plant disperse its seeds."--Thayne Tuason on Flickr

Here's what the flower looks like: www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/14629262271

www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/26902967975

It's that time of year in Western Massachusetts when the milkweed pods have dried and opened up.

Focus stacked. Two images. Hand blended.

Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 MC

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i shot this plant back in november, then wandered back to examine it again a few days ago. it's still there.

I’m not sure what kind of seeds these are, but they look as though they’re almost ready to drop.

the seed nut has fallen out of the casing which is seen here

milkweed seedpod

Over the past few years I have noticed these seed pods on my morning walk. I have no idea of the name but I watch them turn from green to this brilliant orange as they split open showing their seeds

Sterculia quadrifida, common name Peanut Tree

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Thanksgiving day at Shirley's house...

Brachychiton bidwillii - Little Kurrajong's seedpod

with Cotton Harlequin Beetles inside (all males - blue colour)

Never put your finger inside !- as these little 'hairs' are prickly!

(I know that by a hard way ;-))

From a magnolia tree

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The seedpod is cracked open

Just a very small quick watercolour.

Money Plant

Lunaria annua (Family: Brassicaceae)

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I saw them hanging over a high fence, and I liked the way the light hit them

Winged seed of the native akeake tree (Dodonaea viscosa), caught in a spider web on the forest floor. Otari-Wilton's bush, Wellington, NZ.

Woodland garden at RHS Harlow Carr

Found in the garden today, so lovely !

texture used : Photo-Tints-Coffee by SkeletalMess, thank you !!!

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Sister's Beach, Tasmania, Australia

Columbine seed pod. Full flash, focus stacked using zerene stacker

From my neighborhood

Hoodia alstonii with a seedpod, growing in habitat on shale rock formations in the Northern Richtersveld.

Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa, August 2007.

Best viewed LARGE.

Martin

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Seeds and seedpods of the perennial pea (Lathyrus latifolius)

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