Southern Magnolia [filler #25]

From Sunday's bike ride with Clare. From a similar photo at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Magnoliaceae_Magnolia_grandiflora_4382.html » “Infructescence (aggregate of follicles) showing red aril-covered seeds suspended by threadlike funiculus.”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Magnolia_grandiflora&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“Tough to photograph, but a highlight of the trip”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-10-25
2 years ago (“‘Old’ perhaps, but not ‘irrelevant’…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-10-25
3 years ago (“Panda plant”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-10-25
4 years ago (“Well *this* was an ordeal”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-10-25
5 years ago (“Ahhh — Autumn Ablaze!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-10-25

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[Danette Thompson]

Very cool. Do you see the "baby chick" on the right side?

[GaryW]

Nice capture of these. Interestingly we have two Southern Magnolia trees in our yard, but neither have produced seen pods this year! I guess it has been too dry.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette I do! Now that you mention it!