Red Petals, Black Pods and Yellow Fruit/Seeds.

Red Petals, Black Pods and Yellow Fruit/Seeds.

10th Jan 2008 12:15am

Amid the fermenting petals I have noticed several seed pods. Have they always been there? I hadn't noticed them before, and only took notice when I saw two large crows attempting to dislodge the yellow seeds from the pods, which following their apparent success they quickly ate. Does the Brachychiton enable its seed pods to loosen and fall with the fall of its blossoms? Or is it that the seeds and their black pods are most nutritious and most noticeable surrounded by the red burgundy platter of fermenting petals? Does the tree think or know to capitalize on the fall of its petals in attracting the spread of its seeds, which, I suspect, are carried and spread in bird droppings some distance from the parent tree?