mangrove seed pods?

[condor13090]

While walking along the beach in New Symera Florida I spotted some green seed pods washing up. I collected about 30 in no time and placed them into a cup with some sand and sea water. Judging from the pics in your article they look like red mangrove seedlings. Could they be?
If so, I plan to try to start them in my sump back home in N.Y. Most of them have the root starting out. Any recommendations for best results...George from Syracuse....Thanks!

 

[Anthony Calfo]

they do indeed sound like red mangrove propagules/seeds... they are very common along Florida shores (and many places around the world) to be found at times darn near in metric ton quantities!

Anthony