Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >