pedrov
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:38 am Post subject: "feed me" |
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Reminiscent of the flower from 'Little Shop of Horrors'. Can someone name this flower?
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toni
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Can you show us some of the leaves and more of the whole plant. There are a couple of flowers that look similar but we need more to be able to tell for sure.
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Droopy
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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I think Palm Tree knows that plant. I think it's Protea, and it grows in South-Africa.
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Gardengirl
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:15 am Post subject: |
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Definitely a Protea
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pedrov
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:05 am Post subject: |
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I took the photo at the San Francisco Zoo, so I think it is pretty exotic. I just walked by, noticed the flower, took the picture... in just a few seconds. Sorry, no leaf details. It is a tall shrub or small tree. The flower was about 5 feet off the ground and there were some higher.
I took the picture and when I saw it on my computer, was really captivated by the color, shape, and clarity of the picture.
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Droopy
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I've never seen a Protea in real life. We get them at the florists as cut flowers and they last for a very long time. They also dry well and can keep for ages.
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Gardengirl
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Here is a photo of a beauty that I took at the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall last summer.
Protea ( photo / image / picture from Gardengirl's Garden )
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toni
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking it was a cactus bloom of some sort, so the picture with leaves wouldn't have helped me a bit afterall. 
Glad Droopy and Gardengirl were able to ID it.
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