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I received a few comments about what this is. It's a seedpod from a beautiful Southern Magnola. This tree is on my lawn in Pennsylvania. Its more common in more southern climates but it has thrived here,
I just love the way these seedpods capture the sun, and the small little curly branches that adorn them. Almost looks like a piece of art or jewelry to me. Makes me wonder if Laurel Birch would have made a piece of artwork from these. She is an artist I admire, who ran away from home at 14. She had osteoporosis. But she wore things that she picked up on the street and made them into jewelry. People noticed what she was wearing and complimented her. She was encouraged, and continued her art. She currently has a website with all her beautiful vivid art, which has survived past her death. I bought my niece a mug for xmas, as she's an artist too, and I knew she would appreciate Laurel's story.
Seed pod of Banksia tricuspis.
Only grows in a small area around Lesueur National Park, Western Australia.
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These were given to me by GypsySoul, a Flickr and LiveJournal friend, in 2006.
[Update] I planted a few seeds which produced light pink and cream colored flowers.
7DOS ... Wk1 ... Beginnings and endings ... Black and white Wednesday.
The seed pod is breaking open heralding the spread of seeds in the wind and the beginning of new life!
Magnolia seed pod with a reptilian/avian look. Focus stacked using zerene.
See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/8107815076/ for a 3-D version
This photo was taken 10 minutes before the accompanying sunset photo on Razor Hill. A seedpod’s delicate structure is revealed by backlit illumination from the setting sun. The prairie behind the seedpod was already in shadows providing convenient contrast. Best viewed in the larger size.
A stack of showy milkweed seedpods ready to have seed collected from them. The seed will be broadcast into locations where the soil has been disturbed along the margins of wetlands and river banks.
Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS
Dropped in the front garden from my tree this week. These are the seedpods or cones of the Bunya Pine Tree (araucaria bidwilli), which grows 30 - 40 metres high, and is found along the coast of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
The pods are about 25-30 cm long and weigh up to 6kg (14lbs).
The individual seeds are edible and were popular with the Aboriginal people, and now a gourmet food.
More on the Bunya Pine : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_bidwillii
Seed pod of Aristolochia elegans in my garden. It froze to the ground but I'm hoping it will come back. Feb. 2017.
I've learned that although the Polydamus Butterfly can use this plant as a larvel food plant, it is toxic to the Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars. The Pipevine Swallowtail recognizes it as a pipevine but the caterpillars cannot live on the leaves. Now I don't know if I want it to come back .
Brachychiton bidwillii - Little Kurrajong's seedpod
with Cotton Harlequin Beetles inside (male)
Never put your finger inside !- as these little 'hairs' are prickly!
Little, or Rusty Kurrajong is small Australian rainforest tree.
The leaves you see here is NOT leaves of Brachychiton.