Wednesday, 25 January 2012

FFF10 - PROTEA NERIIFOLIA

A bouquet of Protea neriifolia x susannae "Pink Ice" for today. Protea neriifolia is part of an ancient plant family, the Proteaceae, which had already divided into two subfamilies before the break-up of the Gondwanaland continent about 140 million years ago. Both the Proteoideae and the Grevilleoideae occur mainly in the southern hemisphere. This is the hardiest of all proteas, and well suited to low maintenance, low water use gardens. These spectacular blooms are useful in floral arrangements, fresh or dried.


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18 comments:

  1. Melbourne Australia Photos25 January 2012 at 15:09

    Thank you for your participation and your kind comments!
    NIck

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  2. Vhen26 January 2012 at 02:09

    lovely flowers! love it :)

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  3. beagleAnnie26 January 2012 at 02:59

    These flowers look very strong beacuase they have survived for a long time.
    Happy Australia Day, Nick.

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  4. Modern Mom26 January 2012 at 09:14

    Gorgeous!

    Gorgeous Tulips

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  5. Karin M.26 January 2012 at 13:13

    Wow...lovely flowers...wonderful picture...
    Greetings Karin

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  6. BernieH26 January 2012 at 22:31

    They are just so beautiful! Fabulous shot.

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  7. NatureFootstep27 January 2012 at 01:13

    great photo of an, for me, unfamiliar flower. :)

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  8. Carole M.27 January 2012 at 01:20

    loving the proteas Nix; beautiful photograph

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  9. Andrea27 January 2012 at 17:59

    very beautiful flowers and also very old. I wish i can join this site in the future, just saw it in Bernieh's post.

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    1. Sara Chapman27 January 2012 at 22:20

      I don't know why the comment field disappears as the site loads. A mystery! I am not replying to Andrea but this is the only way I can post a comment. I wanted to say I have never seen protea growing! Wonderful photograph.

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  10. Unknown28 January 2012 at 19:53

    Beautiul colors! I love it!
    http://suzi-doodles.blogspot.com/

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  11. Jeanne29 January 2012 at 02:58

    Beautiful capture of these colorful protea. I bought some at a local market, and was a bit disappointed in how the looked as the opened up, but such interesting flowers

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  12. Jeanne29 January 2012 at 03:00

    Do you have a button somewhere that I can use to find you more easily??

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  13. Hootin Anni29 January 2012 at 06:30

    Thanks for the invite....if I can remember, I'll join in someday soon.

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  14. Jeanne29 January 2012 at 12:43

    Nick is there any want that you can put the html code under the button visible for me to pick up. I don't know how to do that separately. When I copied it, the picture did not come out with the code.... just the code on my sidebar. Sorry, I am not too computer savvy. Also tried to add the photo above the code with no joy....Did not work ( for me) Thanks an let me know. LIke having the photo with the code on the sidebar so folks can see the picture and then goes right to you when the click on it., Appreciate it! Jeanne

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  15. Unknown2 February 2012 at 17:47

    Ah, I missed this one -love the Protea - I saw it on the internet for the first time and was so taken with it, that I painted a 24 x 24 flower of it.

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  16. Betty Manousos5 February 2012 at 11:04

    truly gorgeous!

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  17. RobertN7 February 2012 at 01:16

    Beautiful! I appreciate your work!

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