The splendid firewood Banksia (Banksia menziesii) is a rather gnarly tree of the Proteaceae family that grows on the sandy coastal plains of Western Australia’s mid and central west regions. It flowers in autumn and winter after a lengthy process in which the inflorescence changes from a bare brown cone to a spectacle of more than thousand brightly coloured flowers.
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Nice shot… looks so different 🙂
Thank you Sreejith, just the look of those tiny yellow and orange flowers is fantastic. They simply make me happy every time I see them! Very stark contrast with the cone after flowering though.
that looks excellent 🙂
Thank you Joshi,
Those Banksias do look gorgeous with their bright colours – they light up my day 🙂