Botany Photo of the Day Keteleeria evelyniana

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Your reaction to the first photograph may be that this is a strange rose blossom. But, this is not a rose flower–nor is it any flower, for that matter. It’s actually an immature seed cone of a conifer species from southeastern Asia: Keteleeria evelyniana. And no, it doesn’t make a habit of tricking people, this […]

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Not actually immature; it is mature, full-size, just a very small individual cone - Keteleeria cones are very variable in length, even on the same tree. The photo date is February; pollination is in spring and maturity late autumn / early winter of the same year, so it can only be a mature cone.