29 October 2011

Protea

Weekend Flowers #18 .... it's a Protea, growing in the Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens, at Mt. Tomah, N.S.W., Australia.

According to their website: "the garden sits on the summit of a basalt-capped peak, 1,000 metres above sea level in the World Heritage listed Greater Blue Mountains."



Linking to Tina's PicStory






4 comments:

  1. Judy12:45 pm

    What an interesting flower! Sort of like a jellyfish crossed with a cactus?

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  2. Jeanne10:52 pm

    What an amazing looking flower. I went to the market a few weeks back, and they were selling protea. I bought a few to take photos of, but had never seen them before this. Lovely and amazing looking! What a perfect photo Carole!

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  3. Jan Castle6:07 am

    Beautiful flower...had seen somewhat similar flowers and they all take your breath away with their exotic beauty!!!
    Jan

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  4. Kay8:04 am

    Is this not the national flower of South Africa?
    What an amazing flower!

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