Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Jacaranda in January


 Today was a mild, breezy day after a day of hard rain, thunder, and wind.  We needed the rain and the garden was thankful.  So in the sun of this afternoon I took the first 2011 pictures of my tree.  She is multi-trunked and gnarled.  Her green fern like leaves are shiny green after the rain and seed pods stick up like cowlicks. Seedpods litter the sidewalk below as well.  Here are some pics of my Jacaranda on a mild January day in Florida.




 The seed pod is a very hard disc that has lots of little flat seeds inside.




 I think they look like little sting rays in this picture.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

those seeds are great looking - and indeed a little like sting rays.

Joy K. said...

Like sting rays, or enormously fat tadpoles.