Friday, 2 January 2009

Cycad Naughty Bits

The cycads at Kew Gardens seem to have decided that now is a pretty good time to get it on, so there were exposed cones all over the place in the Princess of Wales conservatory and the palm house.

Dioon spinulosum:


Zamia splendens:


Zamia pumila:


Stangeria eriopus:


I think this was an Encephalartos, but I failed to photograph the name plate:


But this little chap, my favourite Encephalartos horridus, was just too young to have sex...


I think it's posts like this that make Christopher's university flag this blog up as pornography.

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