Gumnuts

these are what's left after the blossom fades.

[Michael Smith]

They're like eye-balls coming at me!

[gloria jones]

Nice shot, pov

[Chris Johnson]

So cool! The light and color on these gumnuts looks fantastic.

[Robyn]

Pretty capture and pov

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture. Great detail.

[Shirley]

That's a great shot.

[Chris K]

@golder365mjsmith you're so right. they've got all directions covered

[Chris K]

@seattlite many thanks Gloria

@cjphoto thanks so much Chris

@flyrobin @sangwann @bonsai thankyou all very much

[Naomi Epstein]

Fascinating shot!

[Penelope Ann]

Do the bird eat them...they would make great floral fillers

[Kane Arlow]

Great shot, I love the lighting.

[Chris K]

@pennystot I think parrots might like them and they drink the nectar form the blossom which grow from inside the gumnut. they trees are usually covered in them and they very tiny to big beauties like these. They do look good in arrangements of native flowers

[Chris K]

@karlow75 thanks Kane there were huge bunches on this particular tree

[*lynn]

interesting, cool shot

[Carole Imes]

How interesting, Chris! Great shot showing off the pretty details and lighting.

[Chris K]

@cimes1 thankyou. These are still a little green. They eventually go very dry and brown.

[Chris K]

@lynnz thanyou Lynn. glad you found them interesting

[Carl Thomas]

nice close up and perspective too

[Chris K]

@carlt thankyou Carl

[Sam]

My tree is full of these at the moment!

[Chris K]

@gigiflower they're so lovely. I always feel I should be making something out of them!

[Sam]

@cruiser I'm never sure whether I'm supposed to pull them off or just leave them there!

[Chris K]

@gigiflower I'm not much of a gardner. I just leave them and it doesnt seem to make any difference to future flowering

[Nefrit]

What a great POV. Makes me want to know more about the tree.

[Chris K]

@nefrit There are hundreds of different Australian Eucalypts and they have different size and shape gum nuts which come after the blossom
try this link (hope it works) it will show you some of them.
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