my friends suggested that i complete all the role quests and the first 8 parts of the eden(?) raids before doing post-shb so i'm just leveling jobs rn but i think it's good cuz now i have time to #ruminate. also maybe i want to put the cat in situations in my mind
Photo of a page of the article showing a plate of four half-tone photos of transverse sections of palm seeds. The seeds are all of one species, but they vary from having homogeneous endosperm to deeply ruminate endosperm.
Want to read more about palms that are variable in endosperm condition, homogeneous vs. ruminate? There is an old publication on the topic: Zona, S. 2003. Endosperm condition and the paradox of Ptychococcus paradoxus. Telopea 10: 179–185. #Arecaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of the dry, brown fruit of Nypa, along with one fruit that has been cut longitudinally to show the ruminate endosperm and the seedling (Nypa is viviparous). Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
When I used a band saw to cut Nypa fruticans seeds in half, I was surprised to find ruminate endosperm. The literature said this palm has homogeneous endosperm. It turns out, it has both. Endosperm condition can vary within a species. #Arecaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of small black seeds. Some seeds are cut in longitudinal section and show the ruminate endosperm and the long, thin embryo that occupies the length of the seed. Other seeds are cut in transverse section to show the ruminations and embryo. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Endosperm condition (homogeneous vs. ruminate) can vary within a genus. The seeds of Yucca aloifolia are clearly ruminate, but many other species of Yucca lack rumination & are homogeneous. #Asparagaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of 3 excavated seedlings of a palm. The attached seed has been sliced open to show the white endosperm and dark ruminations. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
What is the function of ruminate endosperm? How did it evolve? Nobody knows for sure. One hypothesis: The ruminations are distasteful to seed-boring beetles & prevent them from riddling the seed. Maybe.🤷♂️ 📷: Adonidia merrillii. #beetles #Arecaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a bowl of thinly sliced dried seeds of betelnut. The ruminations are clearly visible and thoroughly penetrate the endosperm. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Here's another ruminate endosperm in commerce: betelnut (Areca catechu). In S Asia & the western Pacific, betelnut is a popular masticant (with addictive alkaloids & links to oral & esophageal cancers ☠️). These are sliced seeds that a student brought to class. #ruminate #Arecaceae #Botany
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Close-up photo of the seed of nutmeg, with a bit cut off to reveal the ruminate endosperm.
You might have some ruminate endosperm in your kitchen. Nutmeg is from the seed of Myristica fragrans, & that seed has ruminate endosperm. 🧵 📷: Dan Brekke CCBYNC2. #Myristicaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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Photo of two fruits and one seed cut in transverse section. The fruits are covered with shiny, chestnut brown scales. The seed shows that narrow, finger-like streaks of the seed coat penetrate the endosperm. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
As extraordinary & beautiful as the fruits of Raphia taedigera are, the endosperm ruminations are just as unusual: They are finger-like penetrations, quite unlike what I’ve seen in other palms. #Arecaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of three large brown seeds, one cut in longitudinal section to reveal laminar ruminations throughout the endosperm. A ruler shows the seeds are nearly 2.5 cm long. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
An endosperm is described as ruminate when it is penetrated by the seed coat. The nature of the ruminations varies somewhat across the plant kingdom. Sometimes the ruminations are plate-like or laminar, as in Asimina triloba. #Annonaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of a transverse section of a globose seed of a palm. The endosperm is deeply and thoroughly shot through with ingrowths of the seed coat. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Ruminate describes the condition of the endosperm (seed storage tissue) when it is penetrated or invaginated by the seed coat. This photo of a Prestoea simplicifolia seed (about 1 cm in diameter) cut in half shows how the brown seed coat penetrates the endosperm. #Arecaceae #ruminate
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Close-up photo of a seed that has been cut in half longitudinally. One half has the cut surface exposed (right), showing the embryo and ruminate endosperm. The other half (left) is turned to show the surface, which is dark brown and covered with tiny pits. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
Two weeks ago, I posted this photo of Guiacum sanctum seed, which prompted a viewer to ask, What is the function of ruminate endosperm? This week, we’ll look at ruminate (not ruminant 🐄) endosperm. 🧵 #Zygophyllaceae #seed #endosperm #ruminate #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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When I remember stupid shit that I did
Help Lev make this series at www.Patreon.com/levniyilmaz #comics #regretsandmistakes #ruminate #makingfaces
No doubt you are far busier than I... #ruminate 💚
New moon in watery Pisces with Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars close by.
Emotions may run high.
What is your intuition trying to make you aware of?
#pisces
#feelitall
#intuit
#ruminate
#contemplate
Photo by Ren Theelen
Word of the day: #ruminate
Holy hell my thoughts marinate
Seeking answers to satiate
As if we could deny our fates
How to make it resonate
With you carving burning hate
In my chest with no escape
I'm feeling rueful
from undue rumination.
Must beef up action!
#BlueskyRelay #Ruminate #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Poets #PoetryCommunity #MicroPoems
When we ruminate
It ain't great, it makes us late
Instead trust your fate.
#BlueskyRelay #Ruminate #Haiku #Senryu #Poetry #MicroPoetry #Poems #Poets #PoetryCommunity #MicroPoems
This was the last city she would visit, she was tired of #high and #ugly buildings. Constant motion and noise: there was no place to #ruminate. She longed for #home, the #wild spaces, and the ancient #oak she had grown up in
#FromOneLine 373 #BlueskyRelay #2WordPrompt #vssdaily #vss365
“He said he’s just thinkin’!”
I’d call out to my grandmother
Who had sent me to “Go check
on Pop Pop”
I miss those days
Summers in the country
The smell of chewing “tobaccy”
That memory rises to my spirit
as I walk in the park
chewin’ on my thoughts
#BlueSkyRelay
#Poetry #WritingPrompts
#Ruminate
Ein Haufen Müll vom Silvesterfeuerwerk am Wegrand. - A pile of rubbage from fireworks on New Years Eve by the wayside.
Eine tote Taube am Wegrand. - A dead pigeon by the wayside.
a rocky night
a bathtub full of warfare
death of a friend
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#BlueSkyRelay - #ruminate
#vss365 - #bathtub
#VssPoem - #rocky
#DailyHaikuPrompt - friend
#WritingCommunity #poetry #haiku
#KBFPhotography #Photography
Mobile Phone (L) #DSLR (R) #Nikon
#FotoVorschlag -'Mein erstes Foto aus 2025'
#vss365 #vssdaily #ruminate #naturepoetry #existence #poetry #poetsofbluesky #prompt #indigenouswriters #blueskyrelay #vsspoem
I go to #ruminate among the ruminants under the shade of the old #oak tree. The hot sun, the quiet swish of tails, the steady crunching of grass lull me to sleep. When I wake alone, surrounded by cow pies and the loud buzzing of blowflies
#BlueskyRelay #vss365
I like to sit under the old spreading #oak and #ruminate.
It has grown #high while I have shrunk but we both have grown gnarled. My gnarls are #ugly but those of the tree are beautiful.
the oak is #home for #wild things
#vss365 #BlueskyRelay #2WordPrompt #7syllablesentence #vssdaily
Turned over like a stone in the mouth,
too smooth to let go,
too heavy to swallow.
To #ruminate.
To wear.
Water over rock.
Worry over bone.
Surface and unswallow,
gasp and rise again.
#blueskyrelay #prompt #vss365 @imanicv.bsky.social
Ruminating on old age Turning chapter to the next page I still want to be pretty But time’s turned against me Hair’s changing color NOT for a magazine cover Can I love myself as-is When beauty is less & less As my vain heart aches My soul’s awake Look! My hair matches the oak tree I’m one with nature, finally! #MonochromeMonday Alt Text — Image of a woman standing in front of an oak tree in winter. The image only shows her head and it looks like the branches grow out of her head. She has glasses on. Day time. iPhone capture with iPhone editing
— One with Nature —
#poetry #vss365 #oak #BlueSkyRelay #ruminate #prompt #photography #MonochromeM #Monochrome #CleanMoMo #EastCoastKin #MobilePhotography
she's sitting
completely aware
of the quiet space
between thoughts
there's no need
to pull the past forward
or shape the future
too soon
the moment simply is
without rumination
without expectation
#blueskyrelay #ruminate #blueskypoets
You were a cool brook
ever flowing through my mind
and I was thirsting
#BlueSkyRelay #Haiku #Poetry #Ruminate
To #ruminate, a heavy weight
Wings spread wide, yet hesitate
Thoughts like shadows, drifting slow
Standing still, afraid to go
You can soar, but choose to stay
Wings of freedom tucked away
Trust your heart, the sky is bright
Take the leap and claim your flight🪽
#BlueSkyRelay #aiart
In my head
way too much
ruminating
over and over
and over again.
Gotta get out
of my head
go outside where
the sky empties
my thoughts.
#blueskyrelay #ruminate
