in #nature11 months ago

My entry:
Pulling the old leaf-bases away from our silver palm tree this morning here in Thailand gave me a good chance to look more closely at them. The tree itself is impressive with its enormous fan-shaped leaves of silvery-green but these dead sheaths were full of much less obvious textures and patterns. Up close they were well worth exploring for a few minutes. The rich browns of decay were blended into the lighter shades of drying with leathery wrinkles and cracks, flakes and fibres. It was a fascinating combination of the organised structure in the plant and the chaos of its slow disintegration.
Full post: https://ecency.com/hive-127788/@hadrianwild/silver-palm-close-up-details

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Wow! That´s a very interesting close up. If you didn´t tell us, I would have no idea where it comes from. My first idea would probably a patch of dried up land or something like that :) Really cool, thanks.

Yes, I can see that. It struck me as looking like an old animal hide.