King Protea - National Flower of South Africa

July 20, 2010

King Protea - National Flower of South Africa

All photos taken at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens. For more information on the King Protea click here.

Comments

Siromade said…

That' a unique and pretty flower. I like the one on the first photo when you take a closer look it's like a thorn. Nice photos.

July 20, 2010 at 12:29 AM

rainfield61 said…

The flowers in these pictures are actually the same. How fun the macro shots are.

July 20, 2010 at 3:22 AM

~✽Mumsy✽~ said…

These series is just stunning! Your macro shots are so fantastic..They make me smile to see..

July 20, 2010 at 4:36 AM

Bangchik and Kakdah said…

It is rare to see flowers having other than petals and stigma. It is a flower of complex design. Perfection!
~bangchik

July 20, 2010 at 6:55 AM

chasity said…

wow...what an amazingly complex and beautiful flower. gorgeous photos!

July 20, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Ann said…

What a unique flower. I love it. I don't believe I have ever seen anything quite like that before.

July 20, 2010 at 11:40 AM

Kass said…

That first one is like someone offering up a token of thanks in the palms of their hands. Very beautiful.

July 20, 2010 at 2:41 PM

Beverley Baird said…

All of your flower photos are amazing! They are gorgeous!

July 20, 2010 at 7:16 PM

Joanne Olivieri said…

Siromade, it is very exotic, thank you.

rainfield, they are sooooo much fun :)

Mumsy, I'm so glad you like them, thanks

bang, thanks so much, there are so many like this in the gardens.

chasity, thank you so much

Ann, I hadn't either or even knew about it before seeing it in the gardens. Thanks.

Kass, what a great way to see it as an offering. Very cool, thank you.

Beverly, thanks so much for your kind words.

July 20, 2010 at 7:23 PM