Sunday, September 24, 2006

NATURE #092406

SPOTLIGHT ON FERNS AND FRONDS







The above ferns begin as dark purple fronds which turn green when they unfurl.


Here I am walking along a fern coverd ridge in Maui's Iao Valley which started out as the purple fronds.



These ferns actually begin as fire red fronds and change to green as they mature.

1 comment:

baffle said...

Lovely ferns and fronds!
The curly newbies are such an outer spacey shape and color. Such the 'Oooooh!' factor.