A King Protea

and all the others are coming alive on the mountain slopes.

[Casablanca]

I love this flower. You occasionally get one in a bouquet here and they look so exotic. Lovely shot

[Maggiemae]

National flower of South Africa! How very beautiful! Love the national anthem too!

[Valerie Chesney]

So very beautiful, this shot is gorgeous.

[Helen Sanderson]

Such amazing flowers

[Margo]

Love these Proteas

[Lena Nau]

Great capture, love the textures and colours. One day I will come to se them flower in real!

[Babs]

They are such wonderful flowers.

[CC Folk]

Love this...fav.

[Joan Robillard]

Gorgeous

[Dione Giorgio]

Stunning shot, stunning flower. Fav.

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[photogq]

look at that lovely face!!!

[Lou Ann]

Fabulous!

[Peter Dulis]

wow

[sally agnew]

Stunning image :)

[Merrelyn]

They are such beautiful flowers.

[Jacqueline]

Beautiful flower!

[Henri Russell]

Such a beautiful flower. I love the colors.

[tony gig]

WOW, Beautiful...Fav

[Islandgirl]

Oh My what a Beauty!

[Taffy]

These are really pretty.

[KWind]

Wow... such a great shape and colour.

[Jerome]

stunning shot

[Joanna kate]

How beautiful

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this beautiful flower. Have seen then in real as we imported them and been sold in the flower shops.

[Faye Turner]

That is so cool! fav

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Such beautiful colors!

[Rick]

Wow, cool capture. Very different looking flower.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Diana]

@casablanca @maggiemae @happysnaps @hrs @777margo @lenanau @onewing @gardenfolk @joansmor @sangwann @gilbertwood @gq @louannwarren @pdulis @hermann @merrelyn @jacqbb @henrir @tonygig @radiogirl @taffy @kwind @jerome @joannakate @pyrrhula @fayefaye @kchuk @rickster549 @bkbinthecity Thanks for the great comments, favs and getting it on both the TP and PP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Sue Cooper]

That’s awesome. I can’t believe they grow wild!! Fav.