A nice "educational" post, Dan. ;-) Thanks for sharing! Jack
----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 7:26 AM Subject: Peso: Dogwood Flowering Head http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17239815 The red, pink or white "petals" on a dogwood tree aren't petals at all, but rather bracts, which are modified leaves. The actual flowers of the dogwood are those tiny greenish-yellow objects in the center of the bracts, but which is actually a flowering head. Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

