[5 images, click to zoom] – I took a walk over the back of kunanyi / Mt Wellington above 1200m (more on that in the next post) and spotted a few endemic Tasmanian Waratah bushes (Telopea truncata) in flower amongst the stunted alpine vegetation.
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What an amazing flower. Thanks for sharing these photos, I’ve never seen anything like that.
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Thanks Dan, There are 5 varieties on Waratah in Australia but Tasmania’s are unique. They only grow between 700-1200 metres in very few areas and usually require fire for the seeds to germinate.
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Nature is amazing!
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Beautiful flowers.
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Thanks Timothy, The only flower for about 6 weeks, these ones are almost done as they’re quite exposed. In a few posts time there will be some from another more sheltered area on the mountain which are exposed to less extremes.
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That’s an amazing and beautiful flower, wow! It seems almost alien. ❤️🇦🇺
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Thanks John, These are in the family Proteaceae, one of the oldest species of plant on the planet which has existed for over 300 million years and localised only in the southern hemisphere. Just one of the weird things that make Tasmania so amazing 😀
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They remind me a bit of rhododendrons.
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They’re in the same species to protea’s from South Africa – confined to the Southern Hemisphere, but I see what you mean, they do look similar to rhodo’s. Each stalk is actually an individual flower that makes up the head – I just learnt that 🙂
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I guess it is more the leaves that resemble the rhodos, but that was my first thought. Interesting plants you have there.
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As I’ve grown older I realise more how unique and special they are 🙂
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Wow! The most unusual flower I’ve ever seen. Beautifully photographed! Each petal (?) looks like a tiny snake.
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Thanks Morgaine, I just found out that each stalk (or snake) is a single flower that makes up the head – or floral bract. They are one of the oldest plant species on the planet, going back …. 300 million years!! Pretty and amazing!
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I wasn’t sure but I had a feeling this flower was admired by dinosaurs! 🙂
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Probably eaten by them, full of juicy sweet nectar! 😛
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Loooove these! 😍
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Thanks Laura, there will be more fresher ones from another part of the mountain in a post or two 🙂
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