Female American Goldfinch

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.

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fermenting in brine with garlic

this seedpod looks like a virus

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#3 Topaz Glow Blazing Neon filter.

zoomed

Hope the spider that built this web is a vegetarian. Seems to be only catching seed pods.

This fell off a magnolia tree and after a few days popped open to reveal these lovely colours.

Taken with close up lens..In my garden, Fernwood, Victoria BC

cotton balls ripen on the plant

handprinted on pure white quilting weight cotton

My 'Pink Giant' Hippeastrum's seedpods are really bloating up.

reminded me of fireworks. Happy 4th of July everyone!

11 July 2010

Large On Black

Mirabilis jalapa

ODT 223 Seed or Seeds

All of those late fall/early winter plant parts that looked so crisp and clean around Christmas time are showing tiredness.

Tracks at Brea Trail

Brea, CA

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October 10, 2019

Water Lily (Lotus) Seed Pod

We had an old, very large tree in front of our house. Unfortunately, it began to rot, so it had to be removed by the town. I was very weepy that day. This past Christmas morning, we opened our front door to discover that a new tree had been planted. These seed pods appeared a few days ago, and they looked so pretty that I took some photos.

Tasty looking acacia seed. Something will love it

Common burdock = Arctium minus

Pendergast Street, Fairfield, Victoria BC

Seedpods of Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)

Friends of the Urban Forest - Tree Species

just outside my patio door.

these are the former-flowers-now-seedpods of my garlic chives. pretty in the summer, pretty in the winter. :c )

I shot this with my 50. I should have centered my focus on the flakes rather than the seeds, since the flakes were nearer to me. Challenging to get it all in focus with the lens so open...

Col de la Trappe

06 juin 2011

seed pod. It took a trip to the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History for me to learn what these thingies actually were.

Seed Pod at 60x magnification

crocosmia seeds

One of my favorite photo subjects is the Chinaberry tree in my back yard. There is a hammock just below the tree. In the summer I look up at plentiful leaves that are beautiful with the sky peeking through. This winter I laid in the hammock and looked up to this. It struck me as equally beautiful. I love the graphic quality of the bare branches and the texture of the seed pods. It was inspiring.

Photographed in the Roberta Stewart Wildlife Area, south of Port Lambton, Ontario.

In the same pot there are all stages of growth because I have the habit of crumpling seed pods back into the soil. So some are emerging from seeds just as others are ripening seed pods and others are in bud. Crazy. This is in an 8 inch terracotta pot in bright shade with frequent water.

The flying lizard also likes to hang out among a bundle of okra pods fastened to my fence.

For Macro Monday.