http://www.flickr.com/photos/shfrazierpics/tags/botanical/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:23:45 -0800 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:23:45 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5456/buddyicons/14144510@N04.jpg?1369092356#14144510@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/shfrazierpics/tags/botanical/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/shfrazierpics/8184880884/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/shfrazierpics/">Susan Hall Frazier</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shfrazierpics/8184880884/" title="Fascination"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8184880884_8260c83262_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Fascination" /></a></p> <p>Strolling through Sunken Gardens yesterday, there were little surprises around every corner.</p> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:23:45 -0800 2012-11-13T13:06:13-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Susan Hall Frazier) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8184880884 Fascination <p>Strolling through Sunken Gardens yesterday, there were little surprises around every corner.</p> Susan Hall Frazier flowers garden botanical flora nikon sunkengardens stpetersburgflorida shallowfocus http://www.flickr.com/photos/shfrazierpics/8134971084/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/shfrazierpics/">Susan Hall Frazier</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shfrazierpics/8134971084/" title="The Common Screw Pine"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8134971084_21c8e297c0_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="The Common Screw Pine" /></a></p> <p>The common screw pine is dioecious, that is, male and female. The males bear fragrant flowers on four-inch long spikes; females bear large globes of petalless flowers. The appearance of large, spherical compound fruit may remind you of pineapples. This one is a female.<br /> Common Screw Pines are found in tropical areas and have an upright trunk that is smooth with many horizontal spreading branches with annular leaf scars. Old leaf scars spiral around the branches and trunk, like a screw, hence the name.</p> Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:18:19 -0700 2012-10-24T13:52:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Susan Hall Frazier) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8134971084 The Common Screw Pine <p>The common screw pine is dioecious, that is, male and female. The males bear fragrant flowers on four-inch long spikes; females bear large globes of petalless flowers. The appearance of large, spherical compound fruit may remind you of pineapples. This one is a female.<br /> Common Screw Pines are found in tropical areas and have an upright trunk that is smooth with many horizontal spreading branches with annular leaf scars. Old leaf scars spiral around the branches and trunk, like a screw, hence the name.</p> Susan Hall Frazier nature fruit female garden botanical flora florida tropical sarasotaflorida selbygardens floridagardens commonscrewpine blinkagain