Isithombe: I-Fullmoon Maple ekwindla

Enkabeni yengadi yasekwindla enokuthula, i-Fullmoon Maple (Acer shirasawanum) iyala ukunakwa ngomqhele wayo okhanyayo, imbulunga ekhazimulayo yamahlamvu asagolide ebonakala ikhipha ukukhanya ngisho nasemini ethambile. I-canopy yayo eyindilinga iwumsebenzi wobuciko wokuthungwa kanye nesimo, esakhiwe ngamahlamvu abanzi, acishe abe yindilinga anqwabelane kakhulu adala i-dome ecwebezelayo eqhubekayo. Iqabunga ngalinye linomumo ohlukile, linama-lobe athambile nendawo ecwengiwe ethwebula ukukhanya kwelanga, iguqule sonke isihlahla sibe ubhaka olukhazimulayo lwesizini. I-canopy icwebezela ngama-hues egolide elimsulwa, okugcizelelwe ngokucashile ngamahinti e-amber kanye nokuthintwa okuncane okuwolintshi, okwengeza ukunotha nokujula kusibonisi. Kungumbono obonisa ubuhle obudlulayo bekwindla, lapho iqabunga ngalinye lidlala indima yalo ekugcineni kwemvelo, elivutha umlilo ngaphambi kokuthi kuthule ubusika.

Phansi kwalo mqhele okhazimulayo, iziqu eziningi ezizacile ziphakama kahle zisuka emhlabeni, izindawo zazo ezibushelelezi zisekela isisindo samahlamvu angenhla. Ukushanela kwawo phezulu kwenza isihlahla sibe nobuhle obubaziwe, umuzwa wokulinganisela phakathi kwedome elinomoya lamaqabunga kanye nesisekelo esiqinile sesakhiwo saso. Iziqu ziyahlukana kancane njengoba zikhuphuka, zenza uhlaka lwemvelo oluthuthukisa ukulingana kwesihlahla kuyilapho futhi lisinikeza uketshezi oluhle. Nakuba zinombala ophansi uma ziqhathaniswa namahlamvu, iziqu zibalulekile ebuhleni besihlahla, zigxilisa umbhede waso osagolide futhi zidonsela iso phezulu ngokunyakaza kancane.

Ngaphansi kwe-canopy ekhazimulayo, ukuguquka kwesizini kubonakala emaqabunga ahlakazekile ashayeke phansi. Benza ukhaphethi othambile wegolide, unweba ukucwebezela kwesihlahla otshanini besimaragidu. Lokhu kuhlobana kwemibala—amaqabunga egolide acwebile otshanini obuluhlaza obuluhlaza—kwenza kube nombono ohlukile, othuthukisa umoya wengadi futhi ugcizelele indima ye-maple njengento eyinhloko yalo. Umbuthano wamahlamvu awile uzizwa njengokubonakala kwemvelo, isithombe sesibuko se-dome engenhla, esikhumbuza umbukeli ngomjikelezo wokuphila kanye nobuhle be-ephemeral basekwindla.

Ingadi ezungezile inikeza ingemuva elikahle kakhulu lesi sibonisi. Ikhethini lezihlahla ezilufifi nezihlahla ezinde emithunzini ejulile eluhlaza linikeza umehluko ngaphandle kokuncintisana, okuvumela i-Fullmoon Maple ukuthi ikhanye ngayo yonke inkazimulo yayo. Amathoni athulisiwe angemuva asebenzela ukugqamisa ukugqama kwemephu, ayifole njengetshe eliyigugu elibekwe kuvelvet. Ihlanzwe emini epholile, indawo inokuthula kodwa inempilo, ukubungazwa kombala nesimo esizwakala siphila futhi sicabangela. Ukukhanya kuthambile, ngaphandle kwezithunzi ezinokhahlo, okuqinisekisa ukuthi amathoni asagolide eqabunga akhanya ngokulinganayo, okwenza umuzwa wokukhazimula okuzolile.

Okwenza i-Fullmoon Maple ikhetheke ngempela akukhona nje ubuhle bayo basekwindla kodwa ubuhle bayo bonyaka wonke. Entwasahlobo, amaqabunga awo avelayo avame ukuthwala okuthambile okubomvu noma ithusi ngaphambi kokuvuthwa abe yi-canopy eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka enikeza umthunzi opholile ehlobo. Kodwa kusekwindla, njengoba kubonakala lapha, lapho isihlahla sifinyelela ukuphakama kobuciko baso, siguqula umqhele waso ube idome legolide elihlanzekile elibonakala licishe lifane nelinye izwe ngobuhle baso. Ngisho nasebusika, ngemva kokuwa kwamaqabunga okugcina, lesi sihlahla sigcina ubuhle baso ngesakhiwo saso esihle samagatsha kanye nesakhiwo esibaziwe.

Lapha, kule nsimu, i-Fullmoon Maple ayigcini nje ngokuhlobisa indawo; iyakuchaza. Umqhele wayo wegolide uletha ukufudumala nokukhanya, okwenza indawo egxile kuyo imema ukutuswa nokuzindla. Kuma njengobufakazi obuphilayo bobuhle boshintsho lwesizini, isikhumbuzo sokuthi imibukiso emikhulu kakhulu yemvelo ivamise ukudlula ngokushesha. Kulo mzuzu, lesi sihlahla sihlanganisa ingqikithi yasekwindla—eqinile kodwa edlulayo, ekhazimulayo kodwa emnene—esinikeza kokubili injabulo ebonakalayo nokwazisa okujulile kwemijikelezo ebumba imvelo.

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