Kangaroo Paw - Floral Emblem of Western Australia

I saw this plant the day I photographed the water lillies.
I just love the vibrant colour of it.
The "star" shaped flowers look like kangaroo paws
It's the best plant I've ever seen in a garden and in flower.
See below link for full information - just lovely!
Hope you like it as much as I do!
http://www.waratahsoftware.com.au/wp_flora_kangaroopaw.html

[SuzyF]

This is fantastic Lois, I have had a few failed attempts at photographing Kangaroo Paws and this inspires me to keep it up !

[Kirsty .P]

I love this plant too,so pretty and unusual.

[Elizabeth Hanna]

Wow...what a plant! And beautiful angles on it. Very interesting. Thanks too for the comment on blog and link to syngonanthus. That is useful.

[Barbara Eder]

Very interesting plant with all these little hair on it. Was it difficult to get a good focus concerning to the hair? Or did you focus manually?

[Melissa Pike]

I love all the different angles you shot. What a cool flower! You guys have some amazing plants Down Under!

[Jodie Atkinson]

Great collage, they're such lovely flowers.

[bonnie lee wilson]

Thank you for sharing pictures & info about another great & unusual flower from Australia. I love that you did a collage of it so that we could see different views of beautiful flower. I checked out the link you included and see that you can't pick this wild flower.
I love the colors of the plants; the unusual shapes & those interesting little hairs.

[Rick Schies]

The blooms look soft. Are they? The colors are great Lois.

[bruni]

Thanks for sharing this with us. ery unusual plant and the colors are just great. i wonder if his could be house plant.

[Ashley]

Wow I have never seen these flowers before they are beautiful!!

[Allison Williams]

I do like it and the way you arranged the different views. It's interesting how some flowers are the same the world over, and others are unique to their own little corner of the world.

[Louise & Ken]

Before leaving California, I walked to the door of a friend's house and was amazed to see a lovely Kangaroo Paw plant on her porch! I just love it for its darling shape. Thanks for giving us some pictures here, and for introducing it to those who aren't familiar with it!

[Lynda Parker]

This is one of my favourite plants!

What wonderful photos of it!

[Jojo]

Aaaaah! That what they're call! I always thought they looked like fat little fingers. Wonderful images!

[Ursula Aebersold]

Gorgeous!