Post your MINIMAL photos

Oops, my bad.

duckster wrote in post #18977176
Oops, my bad.

LOL!

I wasn't criticizing your post. I was just pointing out where you can find out
who the reply was for. I know it was just a simple mistake. No need to apologize

The freezing end

Photo from swltr's gallery.

Frozen....

M6 Mark II

jcothron wrote in post #18979147
M6 Mark II

Do you know the name of the tree this comes from? It looks like a seed pod from Albizia lebbeck, which is native to northern Australia.

Pippan wrote in post #18979157
Do you know the name of the tree this comes from? It looks like a seed pod from Albizia lebbeck, which is native to northern Australia.

Close....same genus but I’m almost positive it is a Persian silk tree which is pretty invasive in The southern US although native to Asia.

Albizia julibrissin

jcothron wrote in post #18979164
Close....same genus but I’m almost positive it is a Persian silk tree which is pretty invasive in The southern US although native to Asia.

Albizia julibrissin

Thanks, yes fruit and flower structures are the main determinants in botanical classification. A. lebbeck has similar but cream-coloured flowers. Shame about its invasiveness; we have lots of invaders here too.

Couple of mornings ago. Thick fog and warm (-2C). Cleaned all my lenses when I got home and saw just how spotted this lens was.

Nothing beats walks on mornings like this.

I guess the silk tree is what we call "mimosa" trees around here? But, the seed pods around here grow 5-6 inches long and contain close to a dozen seeds.

One saving grace of these trees is that hummingbirds LOVE the flowers. Long ago a friend and I walked out in front of his house where an old mimosa tree was blooming. There were so many hummingbirds darting around fussing with each other that we had to retreat back to his front porch in fear that one would hit us!!!! There must have been 3-4 dozen hummers around that single tree!!!! Lots of insect pollinators like them, too.

Intheswamp wrote in post #18980443
I guess the silk tree is what we call "mimosa" trees around here? But, the seed pods around here grow 5-6 inches long and contain close to a dozen seeds.

One saving grace of these trees is that hummingbirds LOVE the flowers. Long ago a friend and I walked out in front of his house where an old mimosa tree was blooming. There were so many hummingbirds darting around fussing with each other that we had to retreat back to his front porch in fear that one would hit us!!!! There must have been 3-4 dozen hummers around that single tree!!!! Lots of insect pollinators like them, too.

That’s exactly it. We call them mimosa most commonly.