So, if you have a crop of nearly-ready fruit that won't ripen before your first frost, salvage the pods for fairy light embellishments. Whether the husks come from mature or unripe fruit ...

As the moniker fairy lantern denotes, it looks like a tiny lantern that illuminates the dark forest floor. Fig. 2. Thismia kobensis (A–B) and its relative species T. huangii (C–D) Fig.