Naples, Florida daily photo: Quiz Tuesday part 42

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Quiz Tuesday part 42

Another strange appendage I came upon near the beach. What the heck is it?

TOG? ANYBODY?

13 comments:

Bruce said...: Looks like that is how the palm(?) sends out new shoots. Sure does look strange....; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:52:00 AM GMT+1
brian stout said...: baby coconuts or bananas? i know nothing about these kind of trees =); Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:59:00 AM GMT+1
sonia a. mascaro said...: I haven't no clue... but I am very curious... See you tomorrow!; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 4:53:00 AM GMT+1
Jilly said...: Don't know. Sure TOG will. Lovely anyway. Love palm fruits/seeds. Lovely photo thru to the sky.; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 6:01:00 AM GMT+1
Olivier said...: Je dirais des bananes poilues ;o).

I would say bananas hairy ;o).; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 6:08:00 AM GMT+1
PeterParis said...: Not the faintest... Better ask someone local!; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 9:09:00 AM GMT+1
TOG said...: Games up. It's a screw pine and it's formal name is Pandanus utilis. Most of us call it pandanus. The female flower is a round cone and it never looks like a real flower, but it does produce the seeds. The flower that you have is the male flower. I wouldn't say anything more about it, but it looks healthy.
http://mgonline.com/screwpine.html; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 12:44:00 PM GMT+1
Anonymous said...: Looks fuzzy and full of pollen. Nice shot though.; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 1:47:00 PM GMT+1
Shammickite said...: Tog spoiled it for the rest of us.
I was going to suggest an alien from outer space who got caught up in a pine tree on landing.; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:59:00 PM GMT+1
Shammickite said...: I mean palm tree.....; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 3:59:00 PM GMT+1
Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...: doesn't look earthly to me either!! :); Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 7:13:00 PM GMT+1
isa said...: Lol! I once accused Tog of making up plant names (they are so bizarre sometimes, like in this instance), so now he encloses a link ;-) Thank you, Tog!

I still like Olivier's "hairy banana"...; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 9:34:00 PM GMT+1
Ming the Merciless said...: Corn cobs strung together with rafia to make them look like screwpine cone. :-); Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 5:32:00 AM GMT+1

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)