Something Old

Guest - Mar 10, 2007 12:06 AM EDT
Apologies to the lens flare viewers, I did not intentionally mean to mislead anybody, I genuinally believed these to be a pretty flower that evolved from the kauri cone. Thank you, to the viewer that corrected me. Cripes!!!.....I hope that Locust shell I put on really is one now!

Guest - Mar 09, 2007 11:40 PM EDT
They sound exactly the same as mine, my mum gave me these too and they also have a clasp on the back. What a funny wee world we live in!

Guest - Mar 09, 2007 09:32 PM EDT
What you have in this photo are the bits from a kauri cone glued together to form a flower, Quite a popular craft 20 odd years ago, I have 2 of them from my mother, they each have a safety clip clasp on the back, to attach to a lapel.

Guest - Mar 09, 2007 08:33 PM EDT
Lol, your comment sent me on an internet buzz and now I can say we were both wrong. The kauri tree is a non-flowering tree, these trees have seeds and pollen but produce cones instead of flowers. The cone is often called the flower, having both male and female on the same tree. Male cones long and thin, female sperical. Winged seeds are carried by the wind once the cone has opened, giving the appearence of a wooden flower.

Guest - Mar 09, 2007 03:18 PM EDT
These are not Kauri tree flowers, from memory Kauri flowers are white.

Guest - Mar 09, 2007 05:11 AM EDT
Thanks very much for viewing Alandra. They are such interesting flowers and look quite wooden. I did an internet search and couldn't find any pictures of them at all.

Guest - Mar 09, 2007 12:36 AM EDT
interesting to see and hear about these flowers, Cindy. thanks for sharing.