Hold Up The Droplet!!!

[best appreciated at full size against black]

How many moss sporophytes does it take to hold up a big droplet of water? One...two...three...FOUR! These four seem to be straining very hard to keep this droplet in the air...or perhaps they are all trying desperately not to find themselves pulled to the ground by the MASSIVE weight of this enormous droplet! Come on guys, you can do it!!! And meanwhile, the other sporophytes are just looking around, enjoying the day, a small dried sporophyte without a capsule stares at them in awe, and another one seems to be looking up to see if another droplet will fall on it! :D What a neat little scene to find, so tiny you need a macro lens to see it! :)

This image was taken in February, 2012.