Pinus pinaster aka Maritime Pine (male)

Did you know this is the Male flower? You can see Female flower on Mehdi!


This is also a very common tree in Portugal and also from the Mediterranean countries :)

Where you have snow? ????? · 2009-12-20: 18:59

#1 is beautiful! miclaud · 2009-12-20: 20:01

wow, the colour is awesome!!!! ????? · 2009-12-20: 21:21

NIce one! soubhagya · 2009-12-20: 22:16

We have big pinecones here. I'll have to go to our lake house after Christmas and photograph one for you. Merry Christmas to you and your family! ????? · 2009-12-21: 01:08

well if you compare the both it is obvious :-))))) Nice colors in those shots Ricky GKorts · 2009-12-21: 01:57

I looked at Mehdi's pine cone picture, but I still can't work out how they........! Where do baby pine cones come from Ricky? SADHYA · 2009-12-21: 03:25

Belo cartão de Natal ... obrigado Ricky! ????? · 2009-12-21: 04:27

Great shots! Love the colours Eiram · 2009-12-21: 05:00

Pretty Lynda · 2009-12-21: 05:39

good job! photogp · 2009-12-21: 05:53

Didn't know there was male/female trees... :-) wfrnk · 2009-12-21: 07:46

only beautiful flovers can make mondays beatiful :) extralarge · 2009-12-21: 08:47

Looks like a Christmas ornament! :) dontblink · 2009-12-21: 09:40

No, I did not know ... ;o) Thanks for the info ;o) ;o) Ryana · 2009-12-21: 11:04

Very beautiful.! farideh · 2009-12-21: 11:13

love#1 Shot, you make me to check my gallery to post this entry for sharing PINE TREE in Thailand. :) jiabjiab · 2009-12-21: 11:19

Very nice tree. And the flower. Male of course.. MALE FLOWER.. Sorry, but it does sound pretty weird, if you ask me.. ;D Nice pictures, by the way ;) Wodzimierz · 2009-12-21: 12:54

Lovely colours. noptek · 2009-12-21: 13:05

Pine flower! lol Beautiful! ????? · 2009-12-21: 14:01

wow i want to go there it´s so fairy like n_n brissia · 2009-12-21: 16:13

very cool! ????? · 2009-12-21: 16:51

Wow I never saw it before...fantastic tree with flower :-)) ????? · 2009-12-21: 18:44

No snow yet Ricky, nice shot mystic1 · 2009-12-22: 01:08

Very beautiful! pandka · 2009-12-22: 09:47

Super cute flower! ????? · 2009-12-22: 12:10

eh eh eh tenho uma foto no blog bem parecida com esta.... está fantástica :) JaCkYe · 2009-12-22: 19:18

WOW!!! I have not seen pine trees quite that this...wonderful :)) lynnsgallery2 · 2009-12-22: 22:35

pine and christmas.... what common? openbelarus · 2009-12-23: 14:29

cooooool :D how do u know this is male :D onlymehdi · 2009-12-23: 18:43

Mmmm .. até consigo sentir o cheirinho deste pinheiro! Unchained · 2009-12-24: 04:26

ah yes, i did know that :-)) Neat shots eternity65 · 2009-12-27: 06:46

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