On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:20 -0400, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: > Two more flower images from last month in Maui. I call these > pincushion proteas, but I'm not sure that is the correct name? Any > "experts" here who can identify them or point me in the right > direction? > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12815729 > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12815726
These are called "proteas" in common usage but, like the image you posted a week or so ago, they are members of the Protea family but aren't true proteas. Like the previous plant, I'm fairly certain these are in the genus Leucospermum. I agree with Ann - the first one is particularly effective. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- 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.
