ferns dying to silver

My last post (which still welcomes your comments) wondered about the silver-white color of New Caledonia's dying bracken ferns.  Several other ferns there also die silver-white, though I saw none with bracken's elaborate four-color progression.  Pictures say it all (click to enlarge). 

 

Comments

[Dave]

Spectacular photos.

[Denis Wilson]

Very interesting observations, Jarrett.
You make the seemingly mundane stand out. We all need reminding of the beauty around us, always, even in the least pre-possessing of moments, such as death.
Stunning photos of this and the Bracken in the previous post.

Denis

[Peter]

Wow. A fern culture where death is so different.

[bioephemera]

I second Peter - wow. I have never seen anything like this before! Fascinating.