Sundays In My City - At The Botanical Gardens
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Greetings from Barcelona
What is that interesting shaped flower/plant. It is so neat!
Thanks for the beautifull tour. Happy SIMC, jj
Betty, glad you had fun.
Beatriz, nice meeting you and thanks for visiting.
Maia, that is called a Banksia Speciosa or Showy Banksia. It hails from South Africa, I believe and they are all over the gardens right now.
Joanna, we are having record heat here these past few days. Thanks for commenting.