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ABC WEDNESDAY: Xanthophyll









xanthophyll brings change
during my fav’rite season-
exquisite autumn!

joining others 
created by Mrs. Nesbitt
maintained by the ever faithful Roger
and hosted this week by Joy



Xanthophyll (originally phylloxanthin) is the yellow pigment found in the leaves of most plants.  It is involved in photosynthesis along with green chlorophyll, which typically covers up the yellow except in autumn.

Hoosier Quote:
“No town can fail of beauty, 
though its walks be gutters and its houses hovels, 
if venerable trees make a magnificent colonnade along its streets.”
~Henry Ward Beecher~








Comments

Unknown said…
you are so right.... autumn, my favorite season too :-)
Ann said…
Autumn is my favorite too.!!
Ann
Joy said…
Gorgeous colour and quite a size of tree to show it off. It's interesting to think that the vivid green of June leafs hides this underneath.
Mascha said…
Nice photos to a difficult letter...
Roger Owen Green said…
pretty, but I'm not ready for autumn!

ROG, ABCW
betty-NZ said…
Excellent 'X'. I adore autumn colors and love your photos.
Bastet's Waka Library said…
Cool word and you used it so beautifully! Bravo! Bastet

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