Thank you, Your Botanic Majesty!
> On 17 Jan 2025, at 04:06, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >> On 16/01/2025 21:25 GMT Bob W PDML <pdm...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> >> This is the full 35mm-sized frame, the apple is medium-sized, so the stalk >> thing at the top* is about 1cm diameter. >> >> https://share.icloud.com/photos/005Xj8RmZKnKBrfaWOdmnnFLw >> >> *any botanists in the room may tell us its proper name. > > Where to begin? I had to go and look at the pic, because I have never seen > an apple with a stalk (pedicel - the bit that attaches it to the tree) 1cm in > diameter. The apple would have to be about 50cm in diameter for that to be > true. What is visible in the picture is the remnants of the flower before > the apple formed. The petals have fallen and the curly, crispy things are > the five sepals from the base of the flower. There will be the withered > remnants of the other reproductive organs, the style and stamens, in there > somewhere. All at the opposite end of the fruit (pome) from the stalk. Here > endeth the botanical anatomy lesson. Amen. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
