It's easy to see where the banksia men came from.

Like a row of little black flames burning brightly

The brown pods are ripe with seeds that will fall onto the ground and make lots of babies. The seeds are like little black balls that embed themselves in the soil. I can't pick them all up, so I have to be vigilant for the babies before I have a forest. If you look closely, you can see them in this photo.

Seedpods of Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)

milkweed seeds, ready for take-off

Cotton flower fell off. I love the fingers of green

I couldn't help it. I went for a walk and I was fascinated by all the texture and pattern in this seedpod. Unfortunately this is the best of my 20 shots. Sigh. Not a good day for this.

H. 'Gosan Sunproof' with a scattered few seedpods

fireweed, wilgenroosje

Out of two flower stalks for the red amaryllis, only three pods on one stalk took.

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Visit to the greenhouses in The Botanical Gardens of Gothenburg

#5 Photoshop Solarize filer

At University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens [Decaisnea fargesii].

these are seed pods from the gorgeous and fragrant Magnolia grandiflora, also known as Southern magnolia. Magnolia grandiflora is an evergreen found from the Southeastern U.S. up the eastern side of the country as far north as here in D.C.

www.hgic.umd.edu/content/images/7_16_09Southernmagnolia.jpg

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A seed pod that was growing on a hill that I walked down to see one of the waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge. The sunlight was shining through it perfectly.

Same as #1 but processed as B&W.

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Taken with classic minolta 50mm f1.7

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I have no idea what kind of tree this is, but there's one in my backyard.

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This is a seed pod of a bell clematis, which I have posted on flickr here: www.flickr.com/photos/angela_a_stanton/4701424296/ some time ago. The water drops are from sprinklers. I used Nik's Color effects bi-color filter to modify the color to be more rusty.

lotus seedpod