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2018 - DOHA - QATAR
Table Design inspired from Bromeliad seeds
seeds of puya raimondi, a member of the pineapple family( bromeliaceae ) are shown here at about seven times their true size. these little seeds were produced by an enormous plant. Puya raimondi can reach more than 10 metres in height and bear leaf rosettes 2 metres in diameter.
It takes between 50 and 70 years to reach reproductive maturity, before it produces a flower spike four metres tall. the seeds are released from capsules, which split open once mature, and are shaken loose by the wind. dark field illumination reveals the embryo in each seed to be surrounded by a translucent extension that protects it and acts as a sail, helping the seeds to travel away from the parent plant before reaching the ground.
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