Pine cones. A method of producing trees
Abstract of the design:
The design should consists of two types of cone shaped structures (hereafter: cone 1 and cone 2) each attached to a tree in different locations.
Description of cone 1. Small in size, placed in groups with other cones at locations with high degree of movement and wind. The cone shaped structure should consist of tightly layered scales that form a protective layer. Once a year this layer should open up and reveal a series of sacs filled with small lightweight grains that hold a sperm cell each. These sacs should be extended automatically out into the wind when climate is dry and windy.
The lightweight grains must be able to be transported by normal wind force. The quantity of lightweight grains must be very high to ensure that some of grains will reach an egg in cone 2 to produce a seed.
Description of cone 2: Similar cone shaped scale structure. Each scale should hold an egg. The structure should be sensitive to air humidity and open its scales when it is dry and close them when it is wet. This function must still work after the cone is detached from the tree.
Cone 1 and cone 2 must be placed in such a way that grains from cone 1 does not land on cone 2´s from the same tree, but rather on a different one. This is to increase the quality of future trees. One way could be: cone 1 at the bottom and cone 2 at the top.
When cone 2 is on the ground, and the seed has grown sufficiently, it should release the seed to the soil.
A new tree should grow.
/Christian
Abstract of the design:
The design should consists of two types of cone shaped structures (hereafter: cone 1 and cone 2) each attached to a tree in different locations.
Description of cone 1. Small in size, placed in groups with other cones at locations with high degree of movement and wind. The cone shaped structure should consist of tightly layered scales that form a protective layer. Once a year this layer should open up and reveal a series of sacs filled with small lightweight grains that hold a sperm cell each. These sacs should be extended automatically out into the wind when climate is dry and windy.
The lightweight grains must be able to be transported by normal wind force. The quantity of lightweight grains must be very high to ensure that some of grains will reach an egg in cone 2 to produce a seed.
Description of cone 2: Similar cone shaped scale structure. Each scale should hold an egg. The structure should be sensitive to air humidity and open its scales when it is dry and close them when it is wet. This function must still work after the cone is detached from the tree.
Cone 1 and cone 2 must be placed in such a way that grains from cone 1 does not land on cone 2´s from the same tree, but rather on a different one. This is to increase the quality of future trees. One way could be: cone 1 at the bottom and cone 2 at the top.
When cone 2 is on the ground, and the seed has grown sufficiently, it should release the seed to the soil.
A new tree should grow.
/Christian