SWEET GLORY... PROTEA.
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Leucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes.
They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0.5-5 m tall.
The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery.
The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, which inspires the name.
I can absolutely see why this is called the 'PINCUSHION' PROTEA.
The national flower of South-Africa.
Die enige eg SUIKERBOSSIE (ZA).
Protea flowers normally remain closed, (with the style curved, and the stigma within the mass of tepals), until an insect, bird, or rodent disturbs the flower.
At that point, the flower snaps open, the style straightens and the stigma is held some distance above the bloom.
Thank you for your visits and comments, greatly appreciated, M, (*_*)
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PINCUSHION, SUIKERBOSSIE, plant, orange, South-Africa, styles, stigma, pollen, protea, flower, black-background, studio, colour, square, design, "Nikon D7000", "magda indigo"
SWEET GLORY... PROTEA.
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
#AbFav_The_COLOUR_ORANGE_🍊
Leucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes.
They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0.5-5 m tall.
The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery.
The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, which inspires the name.
I can absolutely see why this is called the 'PINCUSHION' PROTEA.
The national flower of South-Africa.
Die enige eg SUIKERBOSSIE (ZA).
Protea flowers normally remain closed, (with the style curved, and the stigma within the mass of tepals), until an insect, bird, or rodent disturbs the flower.
At that point, the flower snaps open, the style straightens and the stigma is held some distance above the bloom.
Thank you for your visits and comments, greatly appreciated, M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
PINCUSHION, SUIKERBOSSIE, plant, orange, South-Africa, styles, stigma, pollen, protea, flower, black-background, studio, colour, square, design, "Nikon D7000", "magda indigo"