#proteaceae

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Honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) drinking nectar from candlestick banksia (Banksia attenuata) flowers in Western Australia

John Anderson

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Hakea cucullata

Hakea is a large genus in the Protea Family native to Australia. Though different species are found in various part of the country, the greatest concentration occurs in the southwest, in the winter-rainfall region. This is true for Hakea cucullata, which comes from the south coast of Western Australia, to the southeast of Perth. It is a large shrub, eventually attaining a height of up to 13 feet, or 4 m. The clusters of pink flowers, with extended stigmas, are not large, but they are quite attractive - and all the more appealing for they way they are cupped by the rounded wavy-edged leaves.

-Brian

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Do you have those hair days where you can't do a thing with your hair, even though you're bald? Those days where the humidity just makes your hair frizz even though you shaved it all off? Those days where the wind whistles through your hair and whips it all around so that it stings your face and neck even though you're indoors? One of those days.

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#2069 - Hakea eriantha - Tree Hakea

A shrub to small tree native to the Eastern states of Australia, usually at higher alitudes in Eucalypt woodland or the edge of rainforests. Given the weather in Canberra when I took these photos, it probably felt right at home. The flowers are densely hairy - hence 'eriantha'. Its fast growth in cool wet conditions makes it a useful garden plant in some areas, and the large seeds are eaten by at least two species of cockatoo.

Belconnen, ACT

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Crinkle bush/Parsley fern (Lomatia silaifolia) is a shrub native to eastern Australia in the family of Proteaceae. It usually grows in open forests and grows up to 2 meters. Attractive white flowers appear primarily in summer, with winged seeds released from fruits in Autumn.

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In ‘Seed Stories,’ Photographer Thierry Ardouin Unveils the Stunning Diversity of Plants

Proteaceae, Banksia grandis Willd., bull banksia.

Image © Thierry Ardouin/Tendance Floue/MNHN

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Family ~ Proteaceae 🌱

Featuring:

Protea repens | ‘Honey Protea’

Protea cynaroides | ‘King Protea’

Protea compacta | ‘Bot River Sugarbush’

Protea neriifolia x | ‘Oleander-leaf Sugarbush’

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A glorious bouquet featuring the native flowers of South Africa, especially the Proteaceae family.

Photo by Diana Roy at the Resendiz Brothers flower farm Instagram

(Shared with the photographer's permission)

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Banksia integrifolia 'Rollercoaster'

27-APR-2023

Melbourne, Vic

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Bird’s nest banksia (Banksia baxteri) in Western Australia

John Anderson

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Banksia undata

The prickly leaves of this shrub call to mind a holly, but the yellow flower clusters show that it belongs in the Protea Family, and in the genus Banksia. It is one of a large number of banksias that were formerly placed in the genus Dryandra, and it was then called Dryandra praemorsa. But all of the Dryandra species have been put into Banksia, greatly enlarging that genus. Banksia undata is a large shrub that can reach a height of up to 10 feet (3 m), and it comes from near the southwestern corner of Australia.

-Brian

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#2135 - Grevillea juniperina ssp. sulphurea

One of the seven subspecies of Grevillea juniperina, which is also known as prickly spider-flower. All seven are native to the east of New South Wales, and southeastern Queensland. One subspecies, G. j. juniperina, is restricted to Western Sydney and its environs and is therefore threatened by housing development and other loss of habitat.

Scottish botanist Robert Brown described the first one in 1810, from specimens collected at Port Jackson where Sydney is now centred, and it has become a favorite in cultivation and hyridisation.

As you might guess from the shape of the flowers, bird-pollinated. The bushes, which can grow to 3m high, grow in clay-derived or alluvial soil in woodlands, but don't survive bushfire. New plants, however, sprout rapidly for seed after the fires have moved through.

Cooma, NSW