King Protea

I thought this was kinda cool. I’ve seen protea before but not this big! To provide you with some perspective, it is standing in a vase (not a water glass) and is 24 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Pretty awesome.  For those who are interested in a few facts:

The King Protea (also known as Giant Protea, Honeypot or King Sugar Bush) is the national flower of South Africa (distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of Africa).

The Protea flower symbolizes courage and diversity and because they come in a wide variety of sizes, textures, shapes and colours, they represent transformation and change.

Protea flowers are self-pollinating. They have both the male and female reproductive organs on the same flower.

The King Protea is adapted to survive fires by it’s thick underground stem, which contains many dormant buds; these will produce new growth after a fire.