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   colleen on August 31, 2009 at 1:30 am

   Some kind of fruit/vegetable? I know it’s a great photo! Does that count?

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   chloe on August 31, 2009 at 4:26 am

   greeeeen machine 🙂 i love green
   i don’t know what it is though..(?)

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   Lisa on August 31, 2009 at 4:59 am

   Is this a trick question? Great picture, even though I don’t know what it is!

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   Beyond Bluestockings on August 31, 2009 at 5:40 am

   Could it be an unripened rambutan? Or a sea monster? Maybe something you left growing in the bottom of your fridge? 😛

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     WildBlack on August 31, 2009 at 2:39 pm

     Thanks Colleen, It is definitely a fruit 🙂

     Thanks Chloe, Green are cool!

     Thanks Lisa, but not exactly!

     Thanks Jo ~Beyond Bluestockings
     Hahaha! You have really wild imaginations! lol! Sea monster was ok! but something that grows in the bottom of my fridge… That was.. OH NO! 😛
     You got it right Jo 🙂 Its is an unripened rambutan!

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   colleen on August 31, 2009 at 3:25 pm

   I was close at least. I have never heard of a rambutan. Must not have those in these here country mountains….

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   colleen on August 31, 2009 at 3:41 pm

   Thanks for liking my shrooms. I would have to say the biggest ones were about the size of a softball. They were growing at the base of a huge oak tree.

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   dibear on August 31, 2009 at 3:57 pm

   I’m with Colleen, never heard of it. Something not available in the U.S. I bet. 🙂 Super great macro Nivin.

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   Ed on August 31, 2009 at 4:39 pm

   I had no idea, but its a very cool shot..:-)

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   myfrenchkitchen on August 31, 2009 at 7:00 pm

   A great shot..what a lovely green it is! I love rambutans (ripe of course). when are we going to see the macro of a ripe one(still a while I imagine?)You’re lucky to be so close to them?
   ronelle

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    Jennifer on August 31, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    I had no idea either! But what a beautiful shot!!!

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    Laughing Orca Ranch on September 1, 2009 at 2:23 am

    Looks like Sid Vicious died his hair green….

    Cool photo!

    ~Lisa

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    Laughing Orca Ranch on September 1, 2009 at 2:23 am

    eeek…dyed…not died. lol!

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    thecrazysheeplady on September 1, 2009 at 2:32 am

    Very cool, but what the heck is a rambutans?

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      WildBlack on September 1, 2009 at 2:49 pm

      ‘Rambutan’ is a fruit. This is a micro shot of an unripened rambutan! It is believed to be native to, Malay Archipelago ~~ the cluster of islands that are formed tectonically, located between mainland Southeastern Asia and Australia.
      For more info : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

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    flowerweaver on September 1, 2009 at 4:06 am

    Looks like the seed head to our native leatherflowers. Well, I’ve never even heard of a rambutan, so I’ll have to look it up. Fabulous shot and subject! Just proves you can teach an old botanist a new plant!

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    Gina at CTG Ponies on September 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    Great shot! I’ve never heard of it either.

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    Far Side of Fifty Photos on September 3, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Cool photo..hope you show us a ripe one someday..very interesting texture and color:)

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    hadia on September 26, 2009 at 12:06 pm

    cool pic ..hehehe.. you made ppl..really think about the pik..isnt it a leechi.. :s

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