Beautiful Flowers, But They Smell Terrible.

tree flowers

F/6.3, 1/200, ISO 125.

Day 119 / 356

Why is the letter A like a flower?
A bee (B) comes after it!

Interesting Fact: The oldest living organism on Earth is believed to be the “Pando” colony of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Utah, also known as the Trembling Giant. The colony of trees covers some 41.7 hectares (103 acres) and is estimated to weigh nearly 6,000,000 kilograms (6,600 tons), making it also the heaviest known organism. Being a clonal colony, the tree “trunks” all share identical genetic makeup. It is estimated that parts of the inter-connected root stock that links the colony together is in excess of 80,000 years old! ( http://landarchs.com/8-amazing-facts-trees-didnt-know/ )

8 Comments

  1. A safer tree.'s avatar

    Is it Hawthorn? Hawthorn blossom emits a chemical that is produced in decomposing flesh, in english myths it was thought that bringing it into the house would invite the plague in.

    • throughopenlens's avatar

      I don’t know if it is but Thank you very much for sharing that with us. I love learning new things. That was really interesting. Thank you again. Happy Blogging. 🙂

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