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The flowers of cycad bloomed
Two cycad flowers are blooming on the back of the wind egg of River City 21 in Tsukuda, next to the elevator of the Kosha Tower.
The flowering period is said to be once every 10 years, and it seems that flowering is very rare. cycad is a nude plant dioecious. The male flower is like a thick corn or a lash. The female flower is a round dome-shaped mass. It seems that it blooms in the summer.
This is a male flower.
Fruits (seeds) ripen vermilion from autumn to winter.
Wind egg
Behind the cycad is the work of architect Toyo Ito called the Egg of the Wind. Completed in 1991 to decorate the main gate of River City 21.