Info: Closeup of buds, sepals and receptacles / 2016-04-30 / Near Dow Prairie in the Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan / License: All rights reserved
Caption: Schwedler maple Very early bloom stage. This shot shows the red sepals that once encased the buds. There is also a tiny detail, easy to miss but fascinating to me. In the center of each bloom is a tiny pink ‘forked tongue’ structure. In more matur
