... July 2001, updated July 2019 Photos by Alice Notten   Protea cynaroides is a woody shrub with thick stems and large ... from 0.35 m to 2 metres in height. The "flowers" of Protea cynaroides are actually flower heads with a collection ... pale pink bracts with a silvery sheen are the most prized. Protea cynaroides  has one of the widest distribution ranges ...

... or winter, depending on the variant.  The 'flowers' of Protea repens are actually flower heads with a collection of ... and forms an inverted, brown 'ice-cream cone' seedhead.  Protea repens  occurs in the southern part of South Africa ... and sunbirds, and is also visited by Scarab Beetles and Protea Beetles and many other insects. The birds are ...

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden August 2006 Protea scolymocephala is a small, neat, upright, ... segments-three fused and one free, and a style. In this protea, the perianth segments are 15-25 mm long, creamy-green ... exposing the style and pollen presenter. The outer ring of protea flowers open first. Protea scolymocephala flowers in ...

... NBG Roger Oliver Kirstenbosch NBG September 2007   Protea compacta is a single-stemmed, lanky and sparsely ... the pollen to be effectively transferred. The Bot River protea is found on a relatively narrow zone along the ... the water supply to them stops, i.e. the bush is killed. Protea Protea compacta thrives in coastal and low altitude ...

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2008   Protea coronata is an upright, rather untidy shrub, 2-3 m ... growth is often attractively tinged red or coppery. The Protea flower is not a flower but a flower head or ... or receptacle. What appear to be the ‘petals’ of the protea ‘flower’ are actually modified leaves known as ...

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden July 2009   Protea obtusifolia is a large upright, rounded shrub, 2-4 m ... when young but hairless when mature, and leathery. The protea flower is not a flower, but a flower head or ... base or receptacle. What look like the 'petals' of the protea 'flower' are modified leaves known as floral or ...

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden August 2009 Protea eximia is a large, upright shrub, 2-5 m tall with a ... from midwinter until midsummer (June until December). Protea eximia is easy to tell apart from other proteas by its ... its purple-centred flower head but not its foliage. Protea eximia is widespread throughout the mountains of the ...

... Carolus Harold Porter National Botanical Garden May 2010 Protea stokoei  grows to a height of 2 m, but under ideal ... mm long, 50-70 mm wide, and look similar to those of Protea speciosa. They never open fully. The flower bracts are ... and often visit the flowers during the flowering season. Protea As this is a difficult species to propagate and grow, ...

... Millennium Seed Bank Project (SANBI) January 2011 Protea susannae is a large, robust, upright shrub arising ... be found from autumn until spring (April to September). Protea susannae occurs in the Overberg area from Stanford to ... kingdom and are specially adapted for these conditions. Protea susannae stores its seeds on the plant in the ...

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden July 2012 Protea laetans is a slender, upright, sparsely branched tree, ... to September), but mainly during autumn (April and May). Protea laetans is found on the Drakensberg Escarpment in ... on rocky slopes. Like its relatives in the fynbos, Protea laetans is able to survive fast-moving fires, in this ...