Blush by cfulton

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Apr 12, 2011

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Description

Leucadendron is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos vegetation. They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing up to 1–16 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, entire, and usually green, often covered with a waxy bloom, and in the case of the Silvertree, with a distinct silvery tone produced by dense silky hairs. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences; they are dioecious, with separate male and female plants. The seed head is a woody cone-like structure, containing numerous seeds; the seed morphology is varied and reflects subgeneric groupings within the genus. A few such as the Silvertree have a silky-haired parachute, enabling the large round nut to be dispersed by wind. A few are rodent dispersed, cached by rats, and a few have elaiosomes and are dispersed by ants. About half the species store the seeds in fire-proof cones and only release them after a fire has killed the plants. Almost all species only recruit naturally after fires. From Wikipedia This one is a salignum or Blush, a Cone Bush (Tolbos). Clive

Comments (10)

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jayfar

3:00PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Very beautiful Clive.

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flora-crassella

3:02PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

wonderful image! FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

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Crabbycabby

3:32PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Stunning DOF. Great work.

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durleybeachbum

3:47PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Absolutely GORGEOUS, Clive!

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Faemike55

4:57PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Very beautiful, Clive

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Blush

5:43PM | Tue, 12 April 2011

Beautiful Had to click on with my name there LOL Hugs Susan aka Blush~

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kgb224

12:58AM | Wed, 13 April 2011

A first viewed by me Clive. Stunning capture. I want to see those live with my own eyes. May the Lord hear this words that I am typing now. God Bless.

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