Strangely colored pinecone.

[ThePlantKid]

I saw this pine cone in my backyard and wanted to know why does it look this way:

Here is an image of a regular pine cone for comparison:

 

[Logan]

The first pic it's closed up and the second one it's open, it just looks that way and natural to open and close when it's hot or cold.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

natural to open and close when it's hot or cold.

I would have expected 'wet or dry', and that might well affect the colour more.

 

[zigs]

Looks ok to me


I do have a "Pinecone Cactus"

 

[Logan]

@zigs does it open up like one?

 

[Oliver Buckle]

@zigs does it open up like one?

That was my immediate thought It really does look like one, please tell me it lives in pine forests and this is camouflage

 

[zigs]

It's a cultivar, so as long as the pine forest is frost free and doesn't have too much rain it would love it there

At least the Guanacos would have trouble finding it among the Spruce cones

 

[Tetters]

I rather think the white fir cone might have been in someone's oven for a quick bleach ?