King Protea

    Jun 9, 2007 #335

    King Protea (Protea cynaroides)
    The King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is a flowering plant. Its flower head (what the layman will call the 'flower') is the largest in the genus Protea: the species is also known as Giant Protea, Honeypot or King Sugar Bush. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa of the fynbos region.

    The King Protea is the National Flower of South Africa. It also is the flagship of the The Protea Atlas Project, run by the South African National Botanical Institute.

    This unusual flower has a long vase life in flower arrangements, and makes for an excellent dried flower.
    Ref: Wikipedia

    Comments and faves

    1. RedYaris [deleted] (61 months ago | reply)

      This is an absolutely stunning photo. Well done. The colour and detail is fantastic. Hope you are having a stunning weekend :-)

      This Great Photographic Art was made by a Diamond Class Photographer!
      Please add your photo to Flicker Diamond The Diamond Class Photographer
      Read the group rules please and tag your photo DiamondClassPhotographer
      You may tag your photo again as flickrdiamond

    2. Harris S (61 months ago | reply)

      Thanks!

    3. pongo 2007 (60 months ago | reply)

      Never seen anything like this before, it's fabulous.
      --
      Seen on your photo stream. (?)

    4. ★

      lightweaver added this photo to her favorites. (60 months ago)

    5. lightweaver (60 months ago | reply)

      breathtaking! My favorite flower, and you've captured its royalty!

      NaturesFinestNaturesFinest
      Please add this great photo to Natures Finest
      Tag your photo with "NaturesFinest"

    6. _nejire_ (60 months ago | reply)

      This is very beautiful!
      Do you think the flower below is in the same family/genus as Protea, as I thought the shape of leaves is quite similar.
      DSCN1690...

    7. _nejire_ (60 months ago | reply)

      And this...
      NaturesFinestNaturesFinest
      This is really one of Natures Finest!!>

    8. Harris S (60 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for your comments!

      Nejire, very interesting point! The leaves do look similar but the flower I don't recognise as part of this family, but do not know what it is!

    9. ★

      _nejire_ and kokophess added this photo to their favorites.

    10. sheijanbr@flickr.com.br (48 months ago | reply)

      Bom diaaa !!! , Muito lindo , abrir o computador e ver lindas flores, nossas manhãs se toenan mais belas ...
      Amo vir aqui adimirar seu flickr ... beijos ...

    11. ★

      caitlinsgarden and andriesmarais added this photo to their favorites.

    Want to format your comment?
    keyboard shortcuts: ← previous photo → next photo L view in light box F favorite < scroll film strip left > scroll film strip right ? show all shortcuts