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B_Sceptrum_flower_2779s.jpg

jeremy

By Jeremy


B_Sceptrum_flower_2779s.jpg (Banksia sceptrum)

B.Sceptrum flowers don't smell the best.



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Nice close up Jeremy ,welcome to GOY...

29 Jan, 2009

 

Amazing.....I've seen the bottle brush flower before....but never the toilet brush LOL

29 Jan, 2009

 

Oh thats funny Janey, but you are right there........they look enormous dont they?

29 Jan, 2009

 

one can even SEE the bugs! just gorgeous, even if they stink! haha

30 Jan, 2009

 

Toilet brush? I'll try to find some pics of B.Praemorsa (yellow form) and then we'll see what a T.brush looks like!!!

30 Jan, 2009

 

Goodness me ! They are so perfectly formed they almost don't look real!

1 Feb, 2009

 

Amazing looking blooms, never seen anything like it !

2 Feb, 2009



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