Here are a couple of the protea growers in Maui: http://www.sunriseprotea.com/ http://www.upcountryprotea.com/
Dan On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:06 -0400, "Daniel J. Matyola" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Great images, Brian! >> >> Many protea, including quite a few banksia species, are grown in Maui, >> on the slopes of Haleakalaa Volcano. >> > > > Well, that's an environment they don't see in their natural locations! > > Thanks for the comment and thanks Larry, Frank, Dave and everyone who > looked. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > >> Dan >> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > G'day all >> > >> > If plant photos bore you to tears, then please look no further.... >> > >> > Banksias are a group of Australian plants - in fact they are my >> > favourite Australian plants. A Banksia would have been Australia's >> > national flower had I been making the decision. But I wasn't asked. >> > >> > Anyway... >> > >> > I've been photographing Banksias since the mid 1970s so I thought a >> > small gallery was overdue. Most are from the digital era - you'll be >> > able to pick the scanned ones because they tend to be a bit soft. >> > >> > Why a 'battery' of bansias? Collective nouns such as "Bunch" and >> > "Bouquet" are simply too insipid for such a dramatic group of plants. >> > Hope you enjoy: >> > >> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Banksias/index.html >> > >> > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
