Here are some ornamental seed pods from the gardens this week.
Cryptomeria 
Dasylirion
Euonymus 
Pennisetum
Iris 
Miscanthus
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Nice photo of the large female and numerous smaller male cones of Cryptomeria. I was excited to learn recently what is “cryptic” about Cryptomeria: there are pollen-producing parts “concealed” inside the bases of the male cone scales, and for these, the genus was named by D. Don
in 1838.