The fruit look like tiny angry tomatoes stuck in baby bonnets. :D
Nice shots, Kengi -- I like the little hymenoptera in the middle there, too.
Kengisays
In the shot with the bugs, while I was focusing on the fruit with the tiny bug, I didn’t see the even tinier bug hiding under the petal until I reviewed the picture on the computer.
This was also the first time I actually read up on pokeweed, and was surprised to discover just how poisonous it is. At least to mammals. I already knew the birds love the fruit once it gets ripe based on past experience. Glad I never tried the fruit myself.
blfsays
Pokeweed, Plants with Peas, Poisonous, Proclaims the mildly deranged Penguin, who Purports to not be a Plant, Partaking a Pomegranate.
stellatreesays
Beautiful photos! Pokeberries were always a favored ingredient in childhood mud pies and magic potions. We knew not to eat them but the color of the juice is irresistibly pretty. I wonder if they make a good dye?
The fruit look like tiny angry tomatoes stuck in baby bonnets. :D
Nice shots, Kengi -- I like the little hymenoptera in the middle there, too.
In the shot with the bugs, while I was focusing on the fruit with the tiny bug, I didn’t see the even tinier bug hiding under the petal until I reviewed the picture on the computer.
This was also the first time I actually read up on pokeweed, and was surprised to discover just how poisonous it is. At least to mammals. I already knew the birds love the fruit once it gets ripe based on past experience. Glad I never tried the fruit myself.
Pokeweed, Plants with Peas, Poisonous, Proclaims the mildly deranged Penguin, who Purports to not be a Plant, Partaking a Pomegranate.
Beautiful photos! Pokeberries were always a favored ingredient in childhood mud pies and magic potions. We knew not to eat them but the color of the juice is irresistibly pretty. I wonder if they make a good dye?
Stellatree @ 4:
Definitely worth experimenting with!