Never knew that some trees have a s*x

[woodenhead]

Some trees are split male and female, never knew this

http://www.treeclinic.co.uk/blog/male-and-female-trees-their-differences-explained/

[doilum]

2 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

Some trees are split male and female, never knew this

http://www.treeclinic.co.uk/blog/male-and-female-trees-their-differences-explained/

Most prefer not to identify..........

[Welchester]

Oh yes. We've got a male and female yew in our garden, both about 150 years old, and we get lots of little seedlings.

[Hroth]

At it like rabbits every spring......

 

 

I think Holly is gendered too.

[Steamport Southport]

Someone wasn't paying attention when they talked about the birds and the bees in school....

 

 

[woodenhead]

1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said:

Someone wasn't paying attention when they talked about the birds and the bees in school....

 

 

Too busy sniggering at root tip squashes and reading the raz mags we passed around the class. 

[Michael Hodgson]

1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said:

Someone wasn't paying attention when they talked about the birds and the bees in school....

 

 

The Birds and the Bees

and the randy Yew Trees

had it away

for ever and a day

They've found it really is the bees knees.

[ejstubbs]

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

I think Holly is gendered too.

 

Correct.  We inherited a holly tree when we bought our current house.  The mrs wanted berries but it's a male tree, so we bought a female tree to see if the two could work together and produce the required berries.  The new tree is a rather attractive variegated variety called Golden King.  Go figure...

[Red Devil]

5 minutes ago, ejstubbs said:

 

Correct.  We inherited a holly tree when we bought our current house.  The mrs wanted berries but it's a male tree, so we bought a female tree to see if the two could work together and produce the required berries.  The new tree is a rather attractive variegated variety called Golden King.  Go figure...

Yes and the most common one sold with Golden King is Ilex Aquafolium Silver Queen, which is, of course, male.

[Hroth]

Song for swinging trees:

 

Yew have sax appeal.....

[doilum]

Pussy willow on the nature table display?

[Andy Hayter]

Apparently Cowslips are also male or female.

[The Lurker]

Horse chestnuts too; different colour flowers for male and female

[woodenhead]

I've always assumed all plants were neither sex but passed pollen between themselves as a means of reproduction.

 

Now I know it's all a bit more amazing than I thought it was.

[Flying Pig]

16 hours ago, woodenhead said:

I've always assumed all plants were neither sex but passed pollen between themselves as a means of reproduction.

 

Now I know it's all a bit more amazing than I thought it was.

 

 

And then some: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternation_of_generations

 

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Pumpkins produce male and female plants. Normally the bees and insects do the job of transplanting the pollen from one to the other, but you do need to give a helping hand sometimes, I use a cotton bud to transfer the 'male' pollen to the female flower. I'll be starting this process pretty soon, to the chorus of crude jokes from Mrs Dreyfus about act of removing the male pollen...

[woodenhead]

16 hours ago, Claude_Dreyfus said:

Pumpkins produce male and female plants. Normally the bees and insects do the job of transplanting the pollen from one to the other, but you do need to give a helping hand sometimes, I use a cotton bud to transfer the 'male' pollen to the female flower. I'll be starting this process pretty soon, to the chorus of crude jokes from Mrs Dreyfus about act of removing the male pollen...

Much more civilised though than doing it for pigs or cattle.

[Sidecar Racer]

On 10/07/2021 at 18:12, woodenhead said:

Some trees are split male and female, never knew this

 

 

You've not watched the Lord of the Rings then .

 

Ents and Ent wives .    

[Hroth]

1 hour ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 

You've not watched the Lord of the Rings then .

 

Ents and Ent wives .    

 

In the books, the entwifes had bu@@ered off for some unfathomable reasons.

[johnarcher]

Thinking about it, it puts a new light on the strip-tease act many trees do each Autumn.

[Hroth]

3 hours ago, johnarcher said:

Thinking about it, it puts a new light on the strip-tease act many trees do each Autumn.

Thats just them getting ready for bed...