On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:57 -0400, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, for your comments, Brian. > > I thought the second one might also be a leucospermum sp., but the > first looks a bit different. Some sources state that leucospermum is > a type of protea, others treat it as different from the proteas. I > was searching for the common names for these; most proteas have > descriptive names like "Pink Mink," "King," Pinwheel" "Pink Ice" > "Pincushion" "Sugarbush," etc.
Putting on my amateur botanist hat :-)> The genera Leucospermum, Leucadendron, Protea, Banksia, Macadamia and a host of others are all members of the Protea family but only the genus Protea is a 'true' protea. That doesn't stop florists calling any of them proteas. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > Dan > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- 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.
