A Day with Helicia petiolatus
Darkness robs the canopy of its depth
And the sharp edge gleans a silhouette
With telling tails of tales
That shines a light on suggested eons
Marching past the continental drift
Moved me to this spot
Afoot
A point of Biogeography
A wink through window chink
so fast changed O Protea
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| Understorey view |
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| Tantalizing tail of tales |
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| Anthesis defined |
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| A young inflorescence at last! Proteaceae! |
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| Leaves turning a yellow clue. |
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| Long leaf stalks - petioles - with swollen ends. |
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| Smooth lenticellated bark. |
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| Leaves dead but telling... turning silvery brown above but dark brown below. |
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