I'm keeping a watch on this plant, in a street near me, checking how it changes through the year. I fell in love with it when I saw it!
Below: Photos taken 08 Aug 2008
Taken 17 August 2008:
Below: Three photos taken on 25 Deptember 2008
Leucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea or Leucospermum) 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, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2-12 cm long and 0.5-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin or serrated at the leaf apex only. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, which inspires the name.
The genus is closely related in evolution and appearance to the Australian genus Banksia.
2 comments:
Goodo ... checked this out prior to the weekend too. The flowers are much more vibrant in macro, aren't they? Have you managed to chat to the owners yet?
Gardening and Plants are another thing I love besides photography! these are wonderful and definately very interesting.. Great shots
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