Last weekend I went to Golden Gate Park's San Francisco Botanical Garden twice. The second time I paused in the South Africa section to take some pictures of the beautiful Proteas, blooming through the cold.
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| Protea repens |
The Protea family has members in South Africa, Oceania and South America many with large showy, complicated inflorescences. What appears to be a single flower is actually a collection of spiky or feathery petal-like bracts surrounding a dense cluster of true flowers.
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| Protea neriifolia 'Pink Mink' |
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| Protea neriifolia 'White Mink' |
Protea cynaroides, the King Protea, is the floral emblem of the Republic of South Africa.
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| Protea cynaroides |
Leucodendron, or cone-bush, is another member of the Proteaceae from South Africa.
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| Leucodendron 'Safari Sunset' |
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| Leucodendron 'Safari Sunset' bush |
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