They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0.5-5 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2-12 cm long and 0.5-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin or serrated at the leaf apex only.
The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, which inspires the name. The genus is closely related in evolution and appearance to the Australian genus Banksia.
This post is part of the Monday Mellow Yellows meme,
and also part of the Mandarin Orange Monday meme.
wow they are beautiful, looks like something edible beautifully garnished; have a nice Monday
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They're gorgeous! I love the colours and the shapes.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful, they remind me of some seed heads here. They make me want to run my fingers through all the curls.
ReplyDeleteWow! They really look like fireworks...beautiful! I spent the day photographing mostly flowers today....at Sydney's Botanic Gardens....loved looking at yours just now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with MoM:)
Wow! They really look like fireworks...beautiful! I spent the day photographing mostly flowers today....at Sydney's Botanic Gardens....loved looking at yours just now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with MoM:)
Wow! They really look like fireworks...beautiful! I spent the day photographing mostly flowers today....at Sydney's Botanic Gardens....loved looking at yours just now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with MoM:)