Cycad Cone
I came across a large cycad flowering (fruiting?) in the Botanic Gardens in town today. Here is a closeup of the top of the pod.
The whole pod/fruit/flower/thing was about 2 feet tall.
View all photos taken: Friday, 10th November 2006, This photo: 1:02pm
Nice shot, David! This is Cycas revoluta (Sago Cycad). I've seen giant ones in Okinawa last year. I think the pointed cone is male and the roundish cone is female. Or maybe it's the other way around. This cone looks spiny.
Would also make a nice abstract shot up even closer. Wonderful geometry.
Yes thats an unusual shot Dave. Well captured.
Thanks Margot :) I thought it might have been a sago cycad (or sago palm as they are incorrectly named here), but the leaves weren't quite as close together as I was expecting.
David, this is the third (and closest) shot I took, but yes, I could see it as being an interesting texture crop.
Thanks Kev - amazing what one finds on a stroll through the park.
Fantastic pattern.
It's neat isn't it? I reckon if viewed from above, it'd be a spiral.
You should try it from above.
Ah if only it were that easy Mike... the cycad is about 2.5m in diameter and this cone is in the middle.