Rose hip Rose hip The rose hip or rosehip, also called rose haw and rose hep, is the accessory fruit of the rose plant. It is typically red to orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips begin to form after successful pollination of flowers in spring or early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn. Roses are propagated from hips by removing the achenes that contain the seeds from the hypanthium (the outer coating) and sowing just beneath the surface of the soil. The seeds can take many months to germinate. Most species require chilling
Rose-crowned fruit dove Rose-crowned fruit dove The rose-crowned fruit dove ("Ptilinopus regina") also known as pink-capped fruit dove or Swainson's fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to 22 cm long, green fruit dove with a grey head and breast, an orange belly, whitish throat, yellow-orange iris, and greyish green bill and feet. It has a pinkish-red crown with yellow border. The Indonesian subspecies, "P. r. xanthogaster", has a whitish crown and paler grey head and breast. Both sexes are similar. The young has a green-colored crown and plumage. The rose-crowned fruit dove is distributed in lowland rainforests of northern and eastern Australia, and