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Just When You Think You Have Seen It All...
Fri Apr 30 2010


As is often the case, I cannot re-trace the path that led me to this discovery, but I ran across this marvel on the internet yesterday... OH! Wait. I remember now! I saw this tree on the tv program 'Life'.

(See what you can do when you take a moment to actually USE your brain?)

It's called a Dragon's Blood Tree. This one grows on an island near Yemen.

Prepare to be amazed.

[album 65561 dragonsbloodtree.jpg]

There are times I think I have seen everything. I have no idea why I come to this silly conclusion. The world, no matter how much we like to say has shrunk because of ease of air travel, is still a very big and very mysterious place...

Here is a web site with more pictures of this amazing tree:

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7 Comments
  • From:
    Welshamethyst (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Apr 30 2010
    Very cool beans!
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Apr 30 2010
    What an odd tree! It really does look other-worldly. The entire terrain does, actually.

    RYC: Keep us posted on how your doubled up experiment works out. Mine grow way too big for that. I just can't seem to learn how to prune tomatoes; keeping the productive branches but losing the excess. I'm always afraid of cutting off a productive branch.
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Apr 30 2010
    It looks like a giant mushroom!

    Did I miss something? Beans? Tomatoes? Huh?
    I didn't get that memo about those things.
    *shrugs*
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Apr 30 2010
    I've seen this someplace before, maybe on the 'Net somewhere. Beautiful, in a strange way. Certainly unique among trees.


    Bless
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat May 01 2010
    The whole landscape is so surreal.......facinating.
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat May 01 2010
    Wow, really cool trees. ;-)
  • From:
    Salamander (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Jun 05 2010
    I wonder if those things could cope with a Pennsylvania winter...?