Encephalartos, Trunk

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 27 May 2008 in Plant & Nature.

Encephalartos is a genus of the cycad family. I shot this doozy at the botanical garden of Cologne (can't remember the species name).

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Comments (9)

Nina from Hamburg, Germany

Ein sehr interessantes und schönes Foto...die Details sind bemerkenswert!

27 May 2008 5:32am

@Nina: Danke! Ist auch eine tolle Pflanze, etwa zwei Meter hoch, muß etwa 100 Jahre alt (oder älter) sein.

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Almost an abstract. Super image, MS.

27 May 2008 11:00am

@Michael Skorulski: Quite an impressive plant! Thanks, Michael!

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

This reminds me of the skin of a pineapple, a great b&w abstract shot MS/

27 May 2008 5:46pm

@MaryB: This is just the stem; but cycads produce cones that resemble the surface of pineappes (or the cones of conifers). It's a very ancient group of plants - and they are awfully slow growers!

MahGol from Tehran, Iran

the b/w so applies here .. its an amazing shot.

27 May 2008 7:05pm

@MahGol: Thanks, MahGol! At home I have three cycads and I'm always waiting ages for them to produce a frond or two. This specimen here must be 100 years old (or even older)!

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

Interesting texture, yes it looks like abstract picture.

27 May 2008 8:51pm

@Evelyne Dubos: I have another photo of an exceptional plant that has an even more interesting bark. Soon :-)

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Looks like stone pavement.

27 May 2008 10:36pm

@Twelvebit: Now that you mention it...

Tracey from White Hall, United States

I thought it was a macro of elephant skin when I saw the thumbnail! Great texture and detail!

27 May 2008 11:30pm

@Tracey: "macro of elephant skin" - "Don't move, Jumbo!" *lol*
Thanks, Tracey :-)

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

Vey nice BW abstract picture. There is a black space in the low right which doesn't work very well. You could try to clone (copy) some surrounding to fill that space. A good picture anyway.

28 May 2008 10:56pm

@akarui: Thanks a lot! But cloning - you know I'm lazy... ;-)

Daily Phototherapy from Sacramento, United States

Strong patterns. I really enjoy your B+W's.

13 Jun 2008 3:50am

@Daily Phototherapy: Thanks! I think B/W is a must here, in colour it's just bark.

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