Sago palm by danapommet

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Apr 18, 2012

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Description

This is the crown of a Sago palm, in Veterans Park, Delray Beach, Florida. In the center is the female reproductive structure (thanks to Wikipedia). This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy trunk that is typically about 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter. It can grow to about 20 feet (6–7 meters) tall but that takes 50 to 100 years. This one was about 7 feet (2.1) meters tall and this was an over my head blind shot while standing on a park bench. The Cycad Sago Palm is extremely poisonous to animals (this includes humans) if ingested. Some info from Wikipedia. Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments. They are very much appreciated. Dana

Comments (41)

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emmecielle

2:04PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

Excellent POV! Great capture! :)

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m_j_s

4:10PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

super shot Dana!

alanwilliams

4:33PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

i love the way the fronds radiate out from the centrepiece

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netot

11:36PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

Great capture, and the fact that it was blind makes it even greater!

whaleman

12:54AM | Fri, 20 April 2012

Very nice shot Dana!

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Feliciti

3:14AM | Fri, 20 April 2012

made a beautiful structires !!like the details!!

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sandra46

5:12PM | Fri, 20 April 2012

TERRIFIC IMAGE!

angora

3:35AM | Sat, 21 April 2012

over your head??! amazing!!! even the compo is great! wonderful pic!!!

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TallPockets

1:29PM | Sat, 21 April 2012

''In the center is the female reproductive structure (thanks to Wikipedia)'' (dana) DANA: HELLO! .... SUPER shot and narrative/description! .... TallPockets WISHES that in HIS day/youth they had a WIKIPEDIA! .... Would have SAVED him a TON o' BUCKS he spent on buying PLAYBOY magazine! .... (btw: T.P. ONLY read the 'articles'!) .... GRINS.

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junge1

3:54PM | Mon, 23 April 2012

Great capture and info Dana. I can attest to the slow grows. I had one planted when I bought my house in 1999 and it is about 3.5-ft tall. So it grew about 2-ft in 13 years. It looks great but why didn't I ever think of taking a picture of it. On your comment to the F-106. It was cleared to climb to 15,000-ft (after all this is an international airport-so nothing higher) and it looked fantastic in a near-vertical climb with the delta wings!

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