Yes, it is B. grandis. I have taken photos of many more spp. of Banksias. thanks Tanay.
On 7 November 2011 19:31, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > This is probably Banksia grandis... Nice to to see this plant > Satish Ji uploaded another species of Banksia from SFO > which i identified > > Tanay > > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:14 PM, ushaprabha page <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Banksia -endemic to Australlia >> World wide 72 spp. of the genus., >> all 72 are in Aus, Out of it 71 are endemic to Australia. >> Genus named after Sir Josep Banks a naturalist who introduced this >> genera to the western world >> introduced also Eucalyptus,Mimosa acasia ,during his botanical >> excursion-from England >> -to the island of Australia with Capt. Cook on his ship in 1768-1771 >> the coast where he camped for collecting and drying his specimen was >> named Botany bay. >> 1st photo-seed pod of Banksia-sp. >> Flowers on Banksia tree. >> 3rd- B.grandis. >> > > > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > >
