Talk:Conifer cone

message: Shouldn't the title be singular, as in "Conifer cone"? I would have moved it, but there is already a redirect at "Conifer cone". However, this should redirect there, not as it is. I just don't know how to move it without misplacing the edit history. --DanielCD 18:06, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It should really be, yes, but I've always felt it is more bother to move than it is worth, as the page is only ever linked in a piped link as cone (since cone inevitably has to be a disambig page) - MPF 10:43, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

message: In the article : "The photo (right) shows mature male pine cones shortly after pollen release."
Title of the picture : "Pine cones, immature male.jpg"
I don't know which is right.
:They are mature, after pollen release; note how the scales are open and dried-out. For comparison with immature male cones (not yet shedding pollen), see :Image:Pineflower9538.JPG - MPF 10:43, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Immature photo ? 

message: The first sentence should be reworded. The term "cone" is applied to strobili in general, not just those of conifers. --Schzmo 20:26, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a sentence talking about strobili. What do you think?  Gary 21:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure. Since this page is only a subtopic of strobilus, I would like the first sentence to say what a cone is, without seeming to say that the word "cone" is unique to conifers. --Schzmo 12:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reword 

message: Maybe I'm missing something, but "Pinecones can also be used for various things such as scrapbooking" seems incredibly strange and random. It's been here for a while, so I'm hesitant to remove this sentence, but I'd propose that, if it's going to stay, someone elaborate (how is a pinecone used for scrapbooking?) and move it to somewhere other than its current placement, which seems arbitrary.
Yes i agree
 Fogster (talk) 23:20, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scrapbooks? 

message: This is pathetic!  Aren't there any sites with zillions of pictures of every kind of pine cone?
-74.75.213.191 (talk) 00:32, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More images needed 

message: Some mention of pine nuts should be made here. After all, they are a major reason for human interest in the cones (if I may be forgiven for taking myself as representative). I'm not sure how this should be done, though. 87.70.171.112 (talk) 10:10, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pine nuts? 

message: Is a pine cone a fruit? A pod?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.118.100 (talk) 07:25, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither; it's a strobilus, commonly called a "cone".--Curtis Clark (talk) 13:44, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fruit? 

message: The page as it stands doesn't seem to have a clear explanation of the biological function of the cones, and how they achieve it. It's implicit in lots of the discussion (the mention of male and female cones, the pollen dispersal, the brief mention that dry weather is a good time for wind-based seed dispersal). Would it perhaps make sense to have a section before the discussion of the different types of female cone of this? That was the reason I just came to this page, and I think I've gleaned enough (particularly from the Pinaceae cones section), but I don't feel confident to write the new section myself. Story Weaver (talk) 14:49, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biological function 

message: I was surprised to find that the "Cultural uses" section was lacking any mention of the many uses of conifer cones throughout history as esoteric or occult devices, such as the thyrsus, or as an artistic motif, such as with the the Fontana della Pigna.  Surely some mention of the pineal gland and its etymological, figurative and metaphoric ties to the pine cone would also be appropriate. Bricology (talk) 20:04, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "cultural uses" section woefully incomplete 

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message: A good-faith editor added a dictionary-like definition as the lead paragraph. I reverted for now pending discussion. A particular point is how cycad cones should be handled in this article. Defn. added:
>>>Seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants. A type of fruit, usually woody, ovoid to globular, including scales, bracts, or bracteoles arranged around a central axis, especially in conifers and cycads.
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thread_title:  Cones in cycads, etc.