Lemony Snicket: The Conscious Un-Petal-ing
Added 2021-11-24 18:08:04 +0000 UTC
November 8
Some of the petals are just baaaarely starting to whither and fall off.
It’s fun to spot just a peek of the green nub at the center of the flower that’s going to be come a little lemon fruit baby.
Lemon zygote!
Lemony’s positioning in my home studio.
November 11
That green swell at the base of that vaguely suggestive stigma* is, in fact, what will grow to become a lemon.
*I thought that long bit that protrudes out of the center of a flower is a “stamen”, but it turns out it is a “stigma” -which is an even funnier combination of words, considering how ambiently erotic it looks in the first place.
Stigma, style, ovary, filaments and anthers, oh my!
November 13
November 15
November 21
November 23
Everyday I collect more withered flower heads that have fallen around Lemony’s pot. Entire clusters have disappeared leaving nothing but the leaves that served as their backdrop. More and more little green and yellow pistils stand out nude without their petals and I’m making my guesses about which will hang on long enough to swell up into little fat lemons for me.
Next up: The Fruitening
Comments
Wahah!
Erika Moen
2021-11-30 06:52:35 +0000 UTCLooks like you have all the photos you need to write a sex-ed book for plants. 😃
tim1724
2021-11-30 01:41:25 +0000 UTCSo many proto-fruits! I love Tig photobombing shots too.
The Ferret
2021-11-24 22:33:24 +0000 UTC
