Inner space whatzit?

[Jeff]

Closest view.

[LeeB]

milk weed pod. LeeB

[Jeff]

nope. think spring.

[Ron Wenrich]

maple flower

[Texas Ranger]

cheese gone bad in the fridg

[SwampDonkey]

Kinda hard to tell, but I'm guessing it's aspen or willow flowers.

[Jeff]

Hard to stump da donk.

Yep. Aspen Catkins.





Now Donk, Male or female?  (not you, the catkins :D )

[SwampDonkey]

Those would be male if they're releasing pollen. The female flowers are on separate trees and the pods  (fruit) of the female open up to release wads of cotton with a tiny seed attached to each strand. ;D Our trembling aspen around here is starting to look sickly from disease. I don't know what hit them last year, but they took a terrible hammering. Didn't even turn yellow in the fall, just went from green to dead brown. I always said the first crop of aspen is going to be the best, I don't think the suckered stuff does as well.

Have ya guessed what that tiny flower is yet I posted a bit ago? If no one guesses, I'll keep adding pics as it develops into the fruit. You might be surprised. ;)