Impatiens balfourii seed pods.

How unusual!

I like the all green and elegant curves in your photo banner, Chelle.

Very interesting and creative.

Actually, for impatiens, I think it is pretty "usual".

Good job, Chelle!
I take a lot of photographs of seed pods, but haven't gotten to any impatiens spp. yet.

I tell ya, trying to get an intact pod indoors to get a good picture had me in stitches! It had been quite a while since I'd giggled quite so much. Even when you think you really, finally have one that's going to stay...pow, it explodes!

chelle said:

I tell ya, trying to get an intact pod indoors to get a good picture had me in stitches! It had been quite a while since I'd giggled quite so much. Even when you think you really, finally have one that's going to stay...pow, it explodes!

I can so relate to that! How many impatiens seed pods have I had explode? The little darlings are charming.

Wow, wow, wow! This banner is.... WOW!

Delectable! Looks like nature took a cooking course in the far east, serving up a feast for the eyes if not the stomach, in this case.

You can see the seeds right through their casing? Is that why it explodes, because it is so ephemeral? Are the curly parts the segments of two exploded seed pods, with one intact pod in the middle?

Really, it's making me hungry for snow peas or sumthin!

Very unusual, and nice.

I had no idea what it was but I love it!

Very artistic! I thought it was something that was going to be cooked!

chalyse said:Delectable! Looks like nature took a cooking course in the far east, serving up a feast for the eyes if not the stomach, in this case.

You can see the seeds right through their casing? Is that why it explodes, because it is so ephemeral? Are the curly parts the segments of two exploded seed pods, with one intact pod in the middle?

Really, it's making me hungry for snow peas or sumthin!

The curly parts are the segments of 1 seed pod exploded. There is no intact pod in the middle. You touch them & they explode. Water falls upon them & they explode. Wind makes them brush against a stem or bloom or leaf & they explode. An animal brushes against them & they explode. A bird lands in the plant & seed pods explode.

I must try to get one! I loved chinese lantern plants as a kid because they could be "exploded" ... I love interactive seed pods!!! So, this one sounds right up my alley.

Love touch-me-nots! What a beautiful picture of the pods

Very attractive banner, chelle. I saved seeds from my Impatiens capensis last fall -- or at least tried to. I had seeds everywhere but in the cup. lol. My hair was full of them. A lot of fun!

This is what I ended up with out of all those pods.

chalyse said:

You can see the seeds right through their casing? Is that why it explodes, because it is so ephemeral? Are the curly parts the segments of two exploded seed pods, with one intact pod in the middle?

Yes, yes and yes. They're a lot of fun.

chalyse said:
Really, it's making me hungry for snow peas or sumthin!

This is too funny...I get the same feeling from this picture, and it's not even food! Maybe we're equating the way it looks with a pretty veggie bow-tie pasta noodle, or something!

This is beautiful! Very artistically done! Great banner, Chelle!

SongofJoy said:Very attractive banner, chelle. I saved seeds from my Impatiens capensis last fall -- or at least tried to. I had seeds everywhere but in the cup. lol. My hair was full of them. A lot of fun!

This is what I ended up with out of all those pods.

You managed to get more than I did, Tee.

I also tried collecting Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) seeds, and it was even more hilarious! Those were growing along a steeply eroding embankment...so that tossed in some uncertain footing as well.

I grew this for the fist time last year. I loved them! I hope I get volunteers