Alligator Seed

Here is the latest addition to our stash of seeds.

That is an Alligator Seed.

Alligator seed

Really. That’s what it is. You can tell if you look closer.

Closeup

If you plant that thing in warm sand, little alligators will grow out of it. Really.

Well OK. No. I lied.

That is really the seed of the Metroxylon Amicarum palm. Check it out.

http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/Metroxylon_amicarum

If you scroll down on that page, at the bottom you can see a whole passle of these seeds. You will also notice that the tree grows to 80 feet tall… or more.

So lets do a little math here.

80 foot tree + 8 foot basement ceiling = a problem.

P.S. Audry got a haircut, and I never did see those flowers bloom.

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