What's this odd leaf? ? ?

[Ray[_3_]]

The leaf at this link blew onto our porch today. Can anyone identify it?

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4xpgq/leaf.jpg

[Stewart Robert Hinsley]

In message >,
writes
>On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:11:18 GMT, "Ray" >
>wrote:
>
>>The leaf at this link blew onto our porch today. Can anyone identify it?
>>
>>http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4xpgq/leaf.jpg
>>
>
>Looks like a type of Linden
>
>http://hflp.sdstate.edu/IMAGES/Linden%20samara.jpg
>
>
>
>Charlie

Correct, but technically it's not a leaf, but a partial infructescence.
The leaf-like component is a bract.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

[Ray[_3_]]

Many thanks. If I plant it, will it grow into a tree?

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" > wrote in message
...
> In message >,
> writes
>>On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:11:18 GMT, "Ray" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>The leaf at this link blew onto our porch today. Can anyone identify it?
>>>
>>>http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4xpgq/leaf.jpg
>>>
>>
>>Looks like a type of Linden
>>
>>http://hflp.sdstate.edu/IMAGES/Linden%20samara.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>Charlie
>
> Correct, but technically it's not a leaf, but a partial infructescence.
> The leaf-like component is a bract.
> --
> Stewart Robert Hinsley

[Kay Lancaster]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:11:18 GMT, Ray > wrote:
> The leaf at this link blew onto our porch today. Can anyone identify it?
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4xpgq/leaf.jpg

It's a fruit and subtending bract from a Tilia -- linden or lime or basswood
are common names.

Kay

[Stewart Robert Hinsley]

In message <pxPri.9286$Kk4.2753@trndny09>, Ray
> writes
>Many thanks. If I plant it, will it grow into a tree?

Possibly. In Britain the commoner limes (lindens) (Tilia cordata, Tilia
platyphyllos, Tilia x vulgaris) rarely produce viable seed. I don't know
what the case is with those taxa in your locality, or with other taxa,
such as Tilia americana, in your locality.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

[FragileWarrior]

Stewart Robert Hinsley > wrote in news:
:

> In message <pxPri.9286$Kk4.2753@trndny09>, Ray
> > writes
>>Many thanks. If I plant it, will it grow into a tree?
>
> Possibly. In Britain the commoner limes (lindens) (Tilia cordata, Tilia
> platyphyllos, Tilia x vulgaris) rarely produce viable seed. I don't know
> what the case is with those taxa in your locality, or with other taxa,
> such as Tilia americana, in your locality.

The Linden smells divine when it blooms. The drawback is that it is a
favorite orgy spot for Japanese Beetles on the make. If you could charge
those little, horny things admission to the make-out tree, you could retire
in short order.

[Billy Rose]

In article >,
FragileWarrior > wrote:

> Stewart Robert Hinsley > wrote in news:
> :
>
> > In message <pxPri.9286$Kk4.2753@trndny09>, Ray
> > > writes
> >>Many thanks. If I plant it, will it grow into a tree?
> >
> > Possibly. In Britain the commoner limes (lindens) (Tilia cordata, Tilia
> > platyphyllos, Tilia x vulgaris) rarely produce viable seed. I don't know
> > what the case is with those taxa in your locality, or with other taxa,
> > such as Tilia americana, in your locality.
>
> The Linden smells divine when it blooms. The drawback is that it is a
> favorite orgy spot for Japanese Beetles on the make. If you could charge
> those little, horny things admission to the make-out tree, you could retire
> in short order.

Be sure to give them the hourly rate;-)
--
FB - FFF

Billy
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/