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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject: Exploding Dogwood Flowers
Here are some amazing extreme slow motion videos of dogwoods flowers (Cornus canadensis) launching their pollen. http://www.williams.edu/biology/explodingflower/movies.html Very cool! _________________ PlantStew is new and needs your help, please contribute what you can. It will benefit members and visitors alike. Thanks!

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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:
Now that is really amazing!!! I have dogwood in the garden and didn't realise they projected their pollen in such a way. Thanks for the link Frank, as you say, very cool. _________________

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