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My cousin sent these photos of Bunya Pine cones (Araucaria bidwillii). Nearly 12 inches tall!
Bunya pines in Bunya mountain national park, Queensland Araucaria bidwillii commonly known as the bunya pine is a large evergreen coniferous tree that grows up to 50 metres high. They have cones that can be the size of a rugby ball that contain edible seeds, known as bunya nuts. Photo credit: Steven Nowakowski Panoscapes, Bunya Mts 01
Bunya Pine
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This week’s challenge is about danger – I’m finding there’s a danger that the week will slip past on a banana peel of busy-ness, and I won’t have thought of what to post before the next challenge gets to my mailbox. However, Michelle’s story of disappointingly small, not-very-dangerous looking seed pods reminded me of this street tree in Mt Hawthorn, Perth, which I used to walk past every day when my grand daughter Juniper was a new baby. I never saw one of the cones, and wasn’t sorry, since I was aware of their fearsome and deserved reputation. My husband and son once camped where the Bunya Pine is endemic, and got to hear the sickening thud of a cone hitting the ground from a great height.
Last summer, we stopped for a break at a park in Central Victoria – and found a Bunya pine cone on the ground. Green and full of sap, it was heavy enough to do serious damage, and covered in sharp spines, just in case. The “leaves” are also well armoured, but that didn’t stop a cockatoo from chopping it off. It is now dry, much lighter and smaller, but I still wouldn’t like one to hit me…Why municipalities decided to plant them as street trees, or even in public parks, is a mystery to me, although I guess it was back in the days when playground equipment carried the added excitement of real and present danger to life and limb, and litigiousness was unheard of.
Weekly Photography Challenge: Danger This week's challenge is about danger - I'm finding there's a danger that the week will slip past on a banana peel of busy-ness, and I won't have thought of what to post before the next challenge gets to my mailbox.
How a Plant Could Just Kill a Man, part one
How a Plant Could Just Kill a Man, part one
Plants have killed plenty of people. When plants are implicated in the death of a human, we typically think of plant poisonings. Rightly so since their are a slew of poisonous plants with the potential to kill. However, oftentimes plants kill (or seriously injure) people without employing toxic substances. One of the best examples of this is falling plant parts. Gravity couples with sheer…
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