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Pumpkin Buds: A Nice Macro Before They Bloom

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Pumpkin buds: a nice macro before they bloom.
A few days ago I focused on the pumpkin plant and took several photos.
This one, for example, is of some pumpkin buds (actually there is only one in the image) photographed in close-up.
And, looking even more carefully at the image, I think that they are not even buds anymore as it seems to me that the fruit is already in the embryonic stage.
I like this plant and above all I like the hair along the stem.

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Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

The term pumpkin refers to the fruits of various cultivars belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, in particular some species of the Cucurbita genus (Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita pepo and Cucurbita moschata) but also species belonging to other genera such as Lagenaria vulgaris or ornamental pumpkin, or Sicyos edulis.
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Pumpkin blossoms: a nice macro before they bloom – Fleurs de citrouille : une belle macro avant qu’elles ne fleurissent – Flores de calabaza: una bonita macro antes de que florezcan – Flores de abóbora: uma boa macro antes de florescerem – Kürbisblüten: ein schönes Makro bevor sie blühen – Hoa bí ngô: một macro đẹp trước khi chúng nở hoa – 南瓜花：开花前的漂亮微距 – カボチャの花: 開花前の素敵なマクロ
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Romanesco Cabbage and its Amazing Shapes

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Romanesco cabbage and its amazing shapes.
Romanesco cabbage is certainly one of the most amazing vegetables that exist.
Its regular spirals seem to come directly from prehistory.

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cavolo romanesco

cavolo romanesco

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Tamron 16-300.

Romanesco broccoli is a variety of broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica). Broccoli belongs to the group of plants whose leaves are not eaten, but rather the immature inflorescences.
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Romanesco Cabbage and its Amazing Shapes – Le chou romanesco et ses formes étonnantes – La col romanesco y sus sorprendentes formas – Repolho Romanesco e as suas incríveis formas – Romanesco-Kohl und seine erstaunlichen Formen – Bắp cải Romanesco và hình dạng tuyệt vời của nó
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A stage in the preparation of capers

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A phase of the preparation of capers.
To tell the truth, these are not exactly the capers in salt that you were looking for. In fact, in my house, capers are preserved in vinegar. We add coarse salt as soon as the fruits are picked to reduce the water inside them.
Subsequently, after a couple of days in salt, we put them in jars in vinegar together with some leaves (yes, the leaves are also edible) and some fruit (I remind you that the caper itself is the bud of the flower from which a fleshy fruit similar to a cucumber then grows).
This is therefore only one of the first phases of the preparation.

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Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

The caper (Capparis spinosa L., 1753) is a small shrub or branched subshrub with a prostrate-drooping habit of the Capparaceae family. The buds of the plant, called capers, are consumed, and more rarely the fruits, known as cucunci or caper fruits. Both are preserved in oil, vinegar or salt. The caper has been cultivated since ancient times and is widespread throughout the Mediterranean basin and in Western Asia up to Oman. It is spontaneous only on calcareous substrates: in its natural environment it grows on calcareous rocks, cliffs, on old walls, often forming tufts with drooping branches even several meters long. It is a heliophilous and xerophilous plant with very limited water requirements.
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A phase of caper preparation – Une phase de préparation des câpres – Una fase de preparación de alcaparras. – Uma fase de preparação de alcaparras – Eine Phase der Kapernvorbereitung – Một giai đoạn chuẩn bị nụ bạch hoa
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Formiche operose

Formiche operose

Formiche operose.
Mi piace sempre fotografare gli insetti. E non una cosa molto semplice sia per le dimensioni sia per il fatto che sono sempre in movimento.
Questa formica per esempio stava trasportando qualcosa, mi pare un altro insetto, lungo la recinzione del mio giardino:

Formiche operose

Formiche operose

Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Canon EF 40.

Formicidae Latreille, 1809 è una vasta famiglia di insetti imenotteri, comunemente conosciuti con il nome generico di formiche. Le formiche mostrano la massima diversità nelle zone a clima tropicale, come l’America del Sud, l’Africa e l’Australia orientale ma hanno molte specie anche nelle regioni temperate del pianeta.
Le formiche, come molti altri imenotteri, sono insetti eusociali. Nelle loro società, che variano in dimensioni e in organizzazione a seconda delle specie, vi è una classe riproduttiva – costituita dalle regine (femmine fertili) e dai maschi – e una lavorativa, costituita da femmine attere e sterili, dette operaie.
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Oppure potete approfondire anche su questa bella pagina del National Geographic .