Takeoff??

Lubbyman
Posted 26/08/2022 - 20:21 Link
No. it's not that big NASA rocket taking off a day or two early. It's something much smaller. Any guesses?

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Taken with K3 + Laowa 25mm macro @ 2.5x, stack of 26, if that helps (which it won't :twisted.

Steve
Spad
Posted 27/08/2022 - 00:09 Link
It's a selfie of a ginger nose pube???
Lubbyman
Posted 27/08/2022 - 11:49 Link
Interesting suggestion, but ... no .

It has nothing to do with a human or animal.

Next guess??

Steve
dinneenp
Posted 27/08/2022 - 13:49 Link
It looks like food, is it something like honey, bacon? I keep thinking toast but the layers are telling me it's not.
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LennyBloke
Posted 27/08/2022 - 16:36 Link
I've got no idea - it looks Foody maybe, but i can't get it
LennyBloke
Lubbyman
Posted 27/08/2022 - 20:12 Link
Nope, not food or related to food.

It came from the garden.

Another guess or two?

Steve
Posted 27/08/2022 - 21:20 Link
plastic string or baler twine mebbe?
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davidwozhere
Posted 27/08/2022 - 23:45 Link
Lily stamen.
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Lubbyman
Posted 28/08/2022 - 09:25 Link
GrumpyGrandPa wrote:
plastic string or baler twine mebbe?
Negative. It's organic.

davidwozhere wrote:
Lily stamen.
Close, but no cigar! (And it's not from a ciger :wink

Keep the guesses coming, I'll reveal all when I can get a decent picture of the whole thing.

Steve
coker
Posted 28/08/2022 - 14:33 Link
The attachment end of a dead/dry trumpet shaped flower......?

Roger.
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Lubbyman
Posted 28/08/2022 - 22:47 Link
coker wrote:
The attachment end of a dead/dry trumpet shaped flower......?
Not that, either.

So now it's time for the Big Reveal - (drum roll) - and the thing that isn't the big NASA rocket taking off is...

Well, Davidwozhere was very close indeed. It is a sexual organ of a flower. But it's an acanthus, not a lily. And it's part of the female bit (stigma and style), not the male bit (stamen). To be more precise, it's part of what's left after the flower has done its job. And to prove it, here is a photo (a stack, of course :wink of the entire thing,

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Thanks for looking ... and thanks for guessing .

Steve
Spad
Posted 29/08/2022 - 15:21 Link
You bugger.... youve revealed it.... my next guess was gonna be your partners spit end!!

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