I'm almost a month late with my annual Spring Equinox post (it completely slipped my mind), but I've been wanting to share these photos for a while.
The Singapore Botanic Gardens have these palms – Vanuatu fan palm, I think, but I could be wrong – with absolutely humungous leaves. Here's one such leaf, with my forearm for scale.
There's a little depression at the base of the leaf, where rotting leaves and other natural debris can accumulate.
Seeds land there too, and if the conditions are right, little saplings can sprout on the leaf itself. You can just about see this in the top photo too, but here's a close-up.
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