Phenanthera petalifera Flower Fossil

This fossil flower was found in the Florissant Formation of Teller County, Colorado USA. It appears to be Phenanthera petalifera (Hollick, 1907). Fossil dates to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period (about 34 million years ago).

Appropriately, this being a flower fossil that florissant is French for flowering. Thanks to Kenny for this picture.

The American Naturalist, Sept. 1908, Some Results of the Florissant Expedition of 1908 by Professor T.D.A. Cockerell (page 576)

Unidentified Flower Fossil

This image shows a unidentified flower fossil found in the Florissant Formation of Teller County, Colorado, USA. It dates to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. Thanks to Kenny for the microscope image. Field of view on image is 1 mm.

Eocene Flower Fossil

This image shows a unidentified flower fossil found in the Florissant Formation of Teller County, Colorado, USA. It dates to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. Thanks to Kenny for the microscope image. Field of view on image is 2 mm.

Queens Tears Flower Blooming

This is my first attempt at a YouTube animation and I chose a flower in the sunroom that was blooming as the subject. The plant is the Queen Tears or Billbergia nutans. The video of the flower consists of 87 images taken on 11-11-11 over several hours on a 7 minute interval. The video is set to segments of Wagner's Fantasie, Funeral March, and Finale performed by the U.S. Marine Band.

Thanks to Aunt Nita for the plant with its so exotic blooms.

Video can be found directly at this link: http://youtu.be/4T-K8doGPFs

Same plant blooming in December 2009 (LINK)