Rare miracle of nature

[rebeltf]

My Aunt Rita has a Sago palm (female) and her neighbor has a male Sago , well I guess they had some lovin' cause her Sago had babies !
From what I have heard this is a pretty rare event if it was an unintended "mating".
Sorry for the ugly pics , my camera phone isn't all that great sometimes.


Here is my Mom pointing at the very wierd looking "nest" , it looks like something from an alien being like a pod hehe.

Here is the "nest again"

My Mom bravely opens the nest , lots of needlelike spikes to watch out for

My Aunt holding one of the little seed-pods-whatever

I took that one home , going to try to plant this little guy and see what happens.
If anyone has any advice or pointers feel free to post a reply.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

the very wierd looking "nest", it looks like something from an alien being like a pod

Sago palms were left behind when the Martians were defeated in their attempt to conquer the Earth.

you .. are .. now .. being .. colonized​

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Sago palms were left behind when the Martians were defeated in their attempt to conquer the Earth.

you .. are .. now .. being .. colonized​

Did I hear Martians?

 

[java]

Sago palms were left behind when the Martians were defeated in their attempt to conquer the Earth.

you .. are .. now .. being .. colonized​

Great....Another series of sleepless frickin' nights.

I took that one home , going to try to plant this little guy and see what happens. If anyone has any advice or pointers feel free to post a reply.

"Who's agitatin' my pods??? You agitatin' my pods???"






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[tarsier]

Cool looking pod.

I was curious what the pollinators for this plant are, so did a quick search. The first few articles were pretty generic, they just said "insects". Some plants have surprising pollinators, like bats, or very elaborate mechanisms for attracting insects or birds.

 

[Guyon]

That's freakin' creepy.

Has anyone called Tom Cruise?

 

[T.K.C.]

That is really creepy!!