Saturday, May 16, 2009

Cycads

A full grown specimen on this post.

14 comments:

Cezar and Léia said...

Bom dia JM!
Beautiful green in this picture! It's amazing to see this tropical plant growing so well in Portugal!

Desejo à você um ensolarado final de semana!
Abraços do Brasil
Léia

Kate said...

This is a beautiful shot; love the colours and the composition. The plants fronds remind me of ceremonial headdresses on Native American dancers doing ritual dances.

My camera is in the specialist's shop, waiting for an estimate. Perhaps it just needs cleaning..I hope rather than major repairs. I hope to be back soon.

Sharon said...

Wow, gorgeous photo!

cieldequimper said...

So lush and vibrant! Beautiful!

joo said...

It's a lovely plant:)

airplane5312 said...

Never heard of a Cycad before. Nice lines and curves.

Julie said...

My neighbour two doors down has a massive cyad in his front garden that occupies the entire space. I followed it last Spring through its entire flower cycle. Very prehistoric looking ...

brattcat said...

They almost look like peacocks with their green tails fanned out. Beautiful.

Lowell said...

Talk about awesome! Fantastic shot! We've got one of these in our yard but it sure doesn't look like this one!

crocrodyl said...

Beautiful. Probably I've never seen it before:) Thanks for sharing!:)

magiceye said...

lovely!

Babzy.B said...

Hi , i've tagged you ;)

Joan Elizabeth said...

Oooo cycads again ... they are so lush and lovely.

Marie-Noyale said...

I called them the green tropical flower!