'Flowers grow from steel'

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Flowers that grow on steelA Chinese man has reportedly found flowers growing from a steel pipe in his vegetable garden.

Grandpa Ding told Sohu News: "I was cleaning the pipes, then my hand touched something fluffy." Ding says he was surprised to see the patch of tiny white flowers growing on the smooth steel.

"The stems are slimmer than human hair, and altogether there are 38 small white flowers on top," he said. The flowers open in the mornings, then close when the sun grows strong. Each flower has a diameter of 1mm.

Ding has consulted his neighbours, who believe the flowers are the legendary Youtan Poluo flower, which blossoms only once every 3,000 years. "No soil, no water. These flowers can bring me good luck," he added.

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GALACTIC FREE PRESS said…
Those are lacewing eggs
21 June, 2007 14:03
AlastairMac said…
These are in fact butterfly eggs, I have seen the same thing on the spines of my cacti growing in Queensland Australia. the butterfly first creates a long straw and then lays it's egg on the end.
Cheers
Alastair
21 June, 2007 17:39
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