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Featured Work

Banksia Delight by Marilyn Harris

Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Banksia Delight Just having a little fun in PS – Liked the way this turned out!!!
Banksia Pilostylis by wrighty

As far as I know this plant has no common name. Photo taken In Cape Arid National Park WA.
Nest of Worms by Renee Hubbard Fine Art Photography

Aerial view of a Banksia Flower – Australian Native
Candy Cones by Mark Richards

Candy Cones (Isopongo).
Playing Around by tinnieopener

Playing around with the Canon 50d…..Canon 18-200 lens!! /
Saw-Leaf Banksia by Marilyn Harris

Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Saw-Leaf Banksia (Banksia Serrata) World Heritage, New England National Park, / New South Wales, Australia. ============================================= / Featured in the Top 10 of Australian_Native_Plants / Challenge Banksia – 14th February 2009. ============================================= / Banksia serrata is a widespread species in eastern Australia, extending from southern Queensland along the coast to Wilsons Promontory on Victoria’s south coast. There is also a population across Bass Strait in northern Tasmania. The plant occurs as far inland as the Great Dividing Range.
Pin Cushion by Karen Stackpole

Taken last weekend, Wongan Hills, Mt Matilda, Western Australia Fuji F6500S camera, hand held
Banksia Coccinea by wrighty

Bayonet Head WA Shot in raw and converted with DPP. Canon 400D Sigma 100 Macro lense F13 at 1/200th sec.
White Telopea by kalaryder

Telopea speciosissima – Waratah – Wirrimbirra White The Waratah – in its red form – is the floral emblem of NSW and is a native australian large shrub to tree Featured in Protaceae Family Group
Spaceship by Renee Hubbard Fine Art Photography

Macro image of a member of the Protea family

Recent Work

Juvenile leaves-Banksia robur.(Swamp Banksia) by andrachne

Robur-Latin-hard wood.Leaves alternate, usually 12–30 cm long, 50–90 mm wide, margins toothed ,stiff, leathery, egg-shaped, broadest at the tip, shiny above, dull beneath, / NSW,QLD.
Banksia caleyi by kalaryder

Found naturally around Albany in Western Australia Caley’s banksia differs from most other species in having pendant flower spikes. They are ovoid, may be yellow or red and are up to 15cm long, often hidden among dense foliage of saw toothed narrow wedge-shaped 5-10cm long leaves. Flowers spring to summer. Info Random House – Australian Native Plants These banksias were found in Kings Park Perth and were indeed buried low amid the foliage, I had to kneel of the ground to photograph these.
Isopogon in Pink by kalaryder

Isopogon have around 30 species of evergreen shrubs in Australia, all with light green foliage, which although looking soft and ferny is hard and prickly. Has globular heads of fragrant white, cream or pink flowers in Spring and Summer. The flowers are followed by woody fruiting heads resembling small pine cones or drumsticks, hence their common name. Member of the large group Protaceae. This one is believed to the Isopogon dubius – Rose Coneflower, which is a 1.5m tall Western Australian shrub with grey-green leaves and purple-pink flowerheads around 20mm wide open. / Info Random House – Australian Native Plants Taken in bushland in Yarloop, between Mandurah and Harvey south of Perth in Western Australia
Banksia coccinea by andrachne

Banksia species have flowers arranged spirally around the flower axis. Some have a vertical alignment superimposed on it. In Banksia coccinea, this vertical alignment is strongly accentuated by large gaps between the columns and neighbouring columns lean in opposite directions, resulting in bright red vertical columns consisting of flower styles, alternating with vertical gaps through which the light grey perianths can be seen.
Banksia coccinea . by andrachne

Family: Proteaceae / Distribution: Western Australia. / Common Name: Scarlet Banksia ..after Sir Joseph Banks,coccinea…from Latin coccineus; scarlet. / Conservation Status: Not considered to be at risk in the wild. / Shrub to about 4 metres . The leaves are broad with toothed margins. The seeds are enclosed in follicles attached to a woody cone and are generally retained within the cone until burnt.The species relies on seed for regeneration. /
Ashby's banksia by georgieboy98

Banksia Ashbyi, a member of the Proteaceae family, grows particularly well in Western Australia. I photographed this one in the Yanchep National Park yesterday afternoon, 6 November

About This Group

This group is for the plants within the Protacea Family
This group will accept
Adenanthos – woolybush
Banksia
Bellendena ,
Conospermum – smoke bushes
Dryandra,
Embothrium – Chilean firebush
Floydia – ballnut, possum nut tree (rare)
Franklandia,
Gevuina auellana – Chilean hazel
Hakea,
Hicksbeachia – red bopple nut
Isopogon – drumsticks or conebush
Lambertia – wild honeysuckle
Lomatia
Macadamia
Mimetes
Orothamnus – marsh rose
Persoonia – geebung or snottygobbles
Petrophile – Pixie Mops, conebush
Serruria – Blushing Bride,
Stenocarpus – firewheel tree
Stirlingia – blueboy
Synaphea,
Telopea – Waratahs ,
Xlyomelum – woody pear tree

If in doubt please contact the hosts

We will not accept Proteas, Leucospermum and Leucadendron or Grevilleas in this group. These have their own group which have their own group It is intended that this will be a sister group to Proteas and Friends Group and Grevilleas Group

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