Magnolia Blossoms is a photograph by Phyllis Taylor which was uploaded on November 4th, 2016.
Magnolia Blossoms
A lovely magnolia tree grows outside my bedroom window and in the spring produces these beautiful blossoms and emits a tantalizing fragrance. These... more
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Magnolia Blossoms
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Phyllis Taylor
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Photograph - Photography
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A lovely magnolia tree grows outside my bedroom window and in the spring produces these beautiful blossoms and emits a tantalizing fragrance. These blooms were photographed from that tree in the springtime.
Magnolia is an ancient genus. Appearing before bees did, the flowers are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles. To avoid damage from pollinating beetles, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are extremely tough. Fossilised specimens of have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae date to 95 million years ago. Another aspect of Magnolia considered to represent an ancestral state is that the flower bud is enclosed in a bract rather than in sepals; the perianth parts are undifferentiated and called tepals rather than distinct sepals and petals.
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November 4th, 2016
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