[Leica] IMG: A Frond in Need

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

A scene redolent with mystery!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 7:58 PM Douglas Barry via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Looking for fertility in the urban jungle. This is the fourth repost as
> the original sent yesterday and two repost seem to have vanished into the
> ether. Given up with my normal email address for the moment to see if
> there's some sort of blocking elsewhere.
>
> Encephalartos woodii gets inspected in the Great Palm House in the
> National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dublin/Cycad.jpg.html
>
> iPhone 5S. Can be seen Larger.
>
> This example of the now virtually extinct Woods Cycad is the tallest in
> Europe, and as all five survivors of the species are male, and there is
> nary a female to be found, it seems doomed to be unable to reproduce
> naturally. This item of tragic news picqued the interest of the mainly
> female members of my wife's cultural group - I was only riding shotgun -
> and a closer inspection was deemed mandatory, facilitated here by Jean, our
> OPW guide.
>
> Douglas
>
>
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