Curly Palm Swords

by Connie Fox

Title

Curly Palm Swords

Artist

Connie Fox

Medium

Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo. Landscapes, Botanicals, Nature

Description

Curled swords of new growth on a subtropical sago palm, or Cycadaceae revoluta (C. revoluta), in an uncropped color macro photograph in beautiful shades of green with lots of texture and interest.

Sago palms are gender-specific, either male or female. This one, a female, unfolds its new growth beginning with what looks like a clump of feathers at the center of the base of mature fronds. The feathers become these curly sword-shaped fronds, and then the sharp, pointed leaflets of a mature sago palm. Male sago palms produce what looks like a tall pineapple at the center.

These palms also reproduce by way of pups at the underside. The pups are the same gender as the parent plant. They can be dug out and planted elsewhere or simply cut off when shaping the plant.

Nikon D80, Nikkor 50mm/f1.8 lens with circular polarizer and ND filter, shot outdoors with available light.

Copyright 2012-2014 Connie Steitz Fox. All Rights Reserved. Please note: The watermark will not appear on your purchased artwork. Its purpose is to deter online theft, which can be traced. Processed in Photoshop Elements 12.

Copyright 2012-14 Connie Steitz Fox. All Rights Reserved. Please note: The watermark will not appear on your purchased artwork. Its purpose is to deter online theft, which can be traced.

Featured on the homepages of Beauty, 3-A-Day Greeting Cards, and Premium FAA Artists, July 2014. Featured in Weekly Fun For All Mediums, September 2014. My thanks!

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July 15th, 2014

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