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Continuing my series on beachside plant life, this third image features a spent Milkweed seedpod.
Known as one of the main host plants for Monarch
butterflies, Milkweed plants grow wild just about everywhere, and many gardeners are planting them in their home landscapes to help the butterflies get through their population-decline crisis.
The seedpods fruit in late summer, distributing all their feathery seeds into the air throughout the fall months. Then through the winter, there is nothing left but the dried seed husk and seed core that I've photographed here.
The stem is dead as well, and it will soon fall to the ground (or in this case, the beach sand) and will cycle back into nutrients for the next generation of Milkweed plants!
Enjoy, and have a great weekend, everyone.
Growing up in Oklahoma I developed a fondness for fried okra (Abelmoschus esculentus). I never realized that okra are lovely plants until I came across these at the Tucson Botanical gardens in Tucson, Arizona. Now, I can't stop thinking about fried okra!
Couldn't decide which one I like better. I'm leaning toward this one though. They were taken within seconds of each other.
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I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, shots from my cellphone and digital AI artwork fulfill that purpose, at least for the time being.
If in doubt which is my work and which is Generative AI, just look for the watermark on my photography.
I couldn't resist photographing this backlit seed pod. It was blowing in the wind, so it's not sharp, but I like everything else about it.
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this is russian sage. it begins with gray-green foliage then produces purple blossoms, which eventually turn into these seed pods. i think there’s beauty in all cycles of life, from birth to death. sometimes the end is actually the beginning. sometimes the end is surprisingly beautiful.
I am always on the look out for dead plants and seedpods that look cool, to me anyway. I have lots of them around to use in photo's, they also often are nice to look at.
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