Comments on: Mysterious Self-Destructing Palm Tree http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: paul canning http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-198399 paul canning Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:34:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-198399 re: NYT blog - from their selection of Google Sightseeing highlights, it appears they didn't get past the first page. Lazy NYT ... lots more interesting (weird) stuff in the archives ... :} re: NYT blog - from their selection of Google Sightseeing highlights, it appears they didn’t get past the first page. Lazy NYT … lots more interesting (weird) stuff in the archives … :}

]]> By: raph http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197975 raph Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:33:46 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197975 Nature really is weird. But this palm tree is not the only one like this. Many plants, like Century plants (Agave) and bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) do not flower until a long time. After they do it, they die, but not without having produced basal shoots (smaller plants growing at the foot of the big one) before. Other plants which have a similar (but not the same) development are Blanket flowers (Gaillardia), a perennial plant used in gardens. It flowers non-stop from June to September. After that, the flowering has taken so much energy that the plant looks like it was about to die. Nature really is weird. But this palm tree is not the only one like this. Many plants, like Century plants (Agave) and bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) do not flower until a long time. After they do it, they die, but not without having produced basal shoots (smaller plants growing at the foot of the big one) before. Other plants which have a similar (but not the same) development are Blanket flowers (Gaillardia), a perennial plant used in gardens. It flowers non-stop from June to September. After that, the flowering has taken so much energy that the plant looks like it was about to die.

]]> By: James Morley http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197918 James Morley Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:52:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197918 It's worth pointing out that the original news story, with lots of further information and photographs, can be found at http://www.kew.org/scihort/news/new_palm_genus.html It’s worth pointing out that the original news story, with lots of further information and photographs, can be found at http://www.kew.org/scihort/news/new_palm_genus.html

]]> By: Timothy http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197909 Timothy Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:55:26 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197909 In the photo it looks like it is at the edge of the trees and not in the middle. In the photo it looks like it is at the edge of the trees and not in the middle.

]]> By: Cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197908 Cookie monster Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:54:21 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197908 I find it a bit disconcerting that the New York Times are reading my frankly inane posts. It could jeopardise my Pulitzer Prize nomination if they knew my true identity! Keep up the Yeomanry lads! :D I find it a bit disconcerting that the New York Times are reading my frankly inane posts. It could jeopardise my Pulitzer Prize nomination if they knew my true identity!

Keep up the Yeomanry lads! :D

]]> By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197849 Rob Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:16:44 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197849 According to 'Yankel' at phrases.org.uk, a yeoman's job means: "Doing a good job all round; working hard and competently. The phrase is associated with work that doesn't require specialized skills and can be done well by tackling the task industriously." :D According to ‘Yankel’ at phrases.org.uk, a yeoman’s job means:

“Doing a good job all round; working hard and competently. The phrase is associated with work that doesn’t require specialized skills and can be done well by tackling the task industriously.”

:D

]]> By: koen http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197843 koen Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:02:53 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197843 Too bad I can't edit my post, but I just wanted to add that you guys got treated quite well by the new york times! Not too sure what a yeoman's job is though, but I'm sure it's a compliment. Too bad I can’t edit my post, but I just wanted to add that you guys got treated quite well by the new york times! Not too sure what a yeoman’s job is though, but I’m sure it’s a compliment.

]]> By: koen http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197842 koen Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:59:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197842 @alex: Oooh wow, that's a pretty cool tree! @alex: Oooh wow, that’s a pretty cool tree!

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197822 Alex Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:28:54 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197822 Hey Jonathan - you got quoted in the New York Times! http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/can-you-really-see-it-from-space/ Hey Jonathan - you got quoted in the New York Times!

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/can-you-really-see-it-from-space/

]]> By: Izzy http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197820 Izzy Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:24:02 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/01/17/mysterious-self-destructing-palm-tree/#comment-197820 It's a good job the plant still has time to reproduce, otherwise it would go extinct. It looks like some sort of cross between two trees. It’s a good job the plant still has time to reproduce, otherwise it would go extinct. It looks like some sort of cross between two trees.

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