John Virtue · @isopogonman
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Rather proud of my #Isopogon cuneatus, coneflower #Proteaceae #ozplants #Proteaceaeinpots #gardeningau
#isopogon #proteaceae #ozplants #proteaceaeinpots #gardeningau
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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#Isopogon cuneatus is starting it's winter spectacular #proteaceae #Proteaceaeinpots These taken 5 days apart.
#isopogon #proteaceae #proteaceaeinpots
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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Today's #banksia from the pot collection #proteaceae #Proteaceaeinpots
#banksia #proteaceae #proteaceaeinpots
The Streets of Melbourne · @NessaUndreza
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#BanksiaSpinulosa, sometimes referred to the hairpin banksia, is a woody shrub, of the genus #Banksia in the family #Proteaceae.
It’s native to eastern Australia.
Widely distributed, it is usually found in open dry forest or heathland from Victoria to northern Queensland.
These are prolific producers of nectar. Banksias in general, are a vital part of the food chain in the Australian bush. Birds, bats, rats, possums and bees rely on this wonderful food source.
These pictured are adorned with single flower spikes, say 1 centimetre long (1/2 inch) that generally contains hundreds of tightly packed spikes (flowers).
I felt the red one and the spiked section (I think it’s called an ‘axis’) is like a woody mass and the spikes are course and rigid. Not sharp.
I love the yellow ones. Just as much as the occasional red, on this group of shrubs.
📸 - #ormond #Australia
🙏♥️💛
#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
#banksiaspinulosa #banksia #proteaceae #ormond #australia #urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #aesthetichedonist #FlowersOfMastodon #gardeningau #narrm #victoria #makesmehappy
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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The potted #Banksia serrata is finally flowering, as the stigmas start emerging from individual flowers at the bottom of the flowering cone (cylinder)?
The smell up close is divine - the sweetest butterscotch. #proteaceae #Proteaceaeinpots
#banksia #proteaceae #proteaceaeinpots
John Virtue · @isopogonman
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Did bit of #drawing This from the firewheel tree Stenocarpus sinuatis #proteaceae #ozplants
#drawing #proteaceae #ozplants
iris ✿ sandwalker · @Irisherself
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good morning petals ✿♡ #pincushion #leucospermum #proteaceae #protea
#pincushion #leucospermum #proteaceae #protea
iris ✿ sandwalker · @Irisherself
246 followers · 986 posts · Server mastodon.socialgood morning petals ✿♡ #pincushion #leucospermum #proteaceae #protea
#pincushion #leucospermum #proteaceae #protea
juli g pausas · @jgpausas
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Extrafloral (leaf) nectaries may enhance #seed #dispersal by #ants (#myrmecochory) in plants with elaiosome-bearing seeds: eg _Adenanthos cygnorum_ (#Proteaceae, Australia), by Lamont & Grey
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9500
"The ants are offered a nectar “entrée” before receiving the “main course” of a nutrient-rich elaiosome that ensures the seeds escape granivores and are buried"
Note that myrmecochory can be an adaptation to protect seeds from #fire! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12855
#fireecology #ecology #fire #proteaceae #myrmecochory #ants #dispersal #seed