Wednesday, April 1, 2009

King Protea



Just an amazing flower, each one the size of a dinner plate.

3 comments:

Putz said...

the problem with the king is that you cannot eat it, so what real value does it hacve????????

Jinksy said...

What an incredible flower - does it have a perfume, I wonder?

merinz said...

Hi Putz and jinksy
No you can't eat it! The protea originates from South Africa.

No it doesn't have a perfume but it is very very attractive to bees. At any time during the day you can see lots of bees with their heads down tails up collecting nectar.