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es, buds are bursting or just ready to burst everywhere.</p><h1 id="ba5c">Future leaves and branches</h1><p id="e481">So much energy in there!</p><figure id="fcc2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*FVmstPsvKfwC2b8yT0s8-Q.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="be19"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*zIsmfpr3nRdq9HNv8aXAcQ.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="9a7f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*4wCZoCVJcYqUXocERFi89w.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="7ff1">This next shoot is giant. Easily 4 cm long and 1 cm thick:</p><figure id="5d19"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*gv3ACc-kT-wtopYQgAZfxQ.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><h1 id="b4eb">A story with chlorophyll</h1><p id="003e">All these new green parts will soon be photosynthesizing. Therefore, they will need chlorophyll. And you indeed see most shoots already gaining green color.</p><p id="8703">If you are interested in all this, check out my recent story mixing photography with the sciences of color and photosynthesis:</p><div id="743f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-sudden-burst-of-green-prompted-some-questions-and-experiments-why-are-plants-green-2141756eb32"> <div> <div> <h2>A sudden burst of green prompted some questions and experiments. Why are plants green?</h2> <div><h3>Photographs of the first plants that cover the ground all around here in deep green prompted me to discuss…</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*0BYyTkCF12aDxLTiYmZtsA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h1 id="75e3">Bonus: At home, two mango hearts germinate!</h1><figure id="52f6"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*QcQ5BOUysnLESSkTBxxtyA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="ca83"><img src="ht

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This and all other photographs by author Luciano Abriata.

SPRING REPORT WEEK 4 part 1

Ready, steady, … leaves!

All around, leaf and flower buds are ready to burst. When photographed they seem to be frozen in time.

With spring officially starting today, buds are all around ready to burst into young green leaves and flowers. I spent all this last week exploring buds and photographing them. I even took some shots through a magnifying glass as in a recent story!

Focusing on small flowers with magnifying glasses

Among the first flowers of the season, I noticed that many are small. Possibly because the weather might still bring…

medium.com

Buds full of energy, and with a plan

In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem. Just like animal embryos, they are:

(i) full of potential energy (literally, stored in chemical compounds) that will be released as they develop,

(ii) and programmed (literally, genetically) to develop in a specific way: flowers, leaves, branches, or even whole new plants (indeed a form of asexual reproduction).

Once formed, a bud may remain in a dormant condition for some time or it may shoot immediately. Given the cold winters all around here, most plants grow buds of the former type. And now, with longer days and warmer temperatures, buds are bursting or just ready to burst everywhere.

Future leaves and branches

So much energy in there!

This next shoot is giant. Easily 4 cm long and 1 cm thick:

A story with chlorophyll

All these new green parts will soon be photosynthesizing. Therefore, they will need chlorophyll. And you indeed see most shoots already gaining green color.

If you are interested in all this, check out my recent story mixing photography with the sciences of color and photosynthesis:

A sudden burst of green prompted some questions and experiments. Why are plants green?

Photographs of the first plants that cover the ground all around here in deep green prompted me to discuss…

medium.com

Bonus: At home, two mango hearts germinate!

Bonus bis: Flowers-to-be behind the XII century church

Curious about the church?

That’s in Saint-Sulpice, which I featured here:

The most lovely beach in Switzerland, its underwater treasures and the beautiful towns nearby

PART OF MY SERIES Natural wonders of Switzerland’s canton Vaud

lucianosphere.medium.com

www.lucianoabriata.com I write and photoshoot about everything that lies in my broad sphere of interests: nature, science, technology, programming, etc. Become a Medium member to access all its stories (affiliate links of the platform for which I get small revenues without cost to you) and subscribe to get my new stories by email. To consult about small jobs check my services page here. You can contact me here.