“Magnolia grandiflora”

Also “Manglietiastrum” or “Cucumber Tree.” The plant family to which this belongs is “Magnoliaceae.” The image probably would be labelled as “young infructescences.”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Magnolia%20_grandiflora&rank=binomial

This image at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Magnoliaceae_Magnolia_grandiflora_93245.html

1 year ago (“Miscanthus sinensis”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-10-20
2 years ago (“Lady-in-Waiting”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-10-20
3 years ago (“Getting estimates…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-10-20

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[Rick Schies]

What a gorgeous bloom

[Laetitia Petrussa]

Interesting. This sight is completely foreign to me.