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Wild Bunchberry
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Wild Bunchberry
This tiny wildflower is approximately one and a half inches in diameter. I found the information below very interesting...Each flower has highly elastic petals that flip backward, releasing springy filaments that are cocked underneath the petals. The filaments snap upward flinging pollen out of containers hinged to the filaments. This motion takes place in less than half a millisecond and the pollen experiences 800 times the acceleration that the space shuttle does during liftoff. The Bunchberry has one of the fastest plant actions found so far requiring a camera capable of shooting 10,000 frames per second to catch the action (Edwards et al. 2005) 8/19/2010 ~ Category ~ Nature & Landscapes
Sharon Sawyer |
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Ron McEwan |
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OMG Sharon, the first time I seen these was in Canada last month. Now I have the rest of the story, pardon the pun. Beautiful capture.
August 20, 2010
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Nancy (Peaches) Harker |
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BEAUUUUTIFUL capture Sharon, very pretty!
August 20, 2010
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