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Title
Leucospermum - Yellow Pincushion Protea
Artist
Sharon Mau
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Macro
Description
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,
but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art - Rumi
Leucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea or Leucospermum) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes.
They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0.5-5 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2-12 cm long and 0.5-3 cm broad, with a serrated margin or serrated at the leaf apex only. The flowers are produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, which inspires the name.
The genus is closely related in evolution and appearance to the Australian genus Banksia.
A member of one of the oldest families of flowers on earth, protea flowers date back 300 million years and, according to Greek legend, are named after Proteus the son of Poseidon.
Incredibly mystical and slightly mysterious, protea flowers symbolize transformation, diversity and courage.
Leucospermum - Pincushion Protea
Kula Maui Hawaii
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August 15th, 2012
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Lebanon, OR - United States
You captured such marvelous detail on this Pincushion image dear Sharon. Your very talented you know. :-) I am called the human pin cushion dear friend... ask me sometime if your curiosity gets the better of you. ;-))) lol fv
Maui, HI - United States
In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art - Rumi
Cape Town - South Africa
Sharon, this is such a beautiful capture of the symmetry of the Pincushion Protea. The lighting, composition and colors are all perfect!
Voorhees, NJ - United States
Congrats on your 2nd place win in the Unique Flowerbuds contest!! v/f -Kim
Fort Wayne, IN - United States
Sharon, congratulations on your second place finish in the Unique Flowerbuds contest. Wonderful image.
Sharpsburg, GA - United States
This is the BEST of the BEST!!! One of the most beautiful macro shots I've ever seen:)
San Jose, CA - United States
Absolutely lovely image, Sharon! Is the flower head as soft to the touch as it appears here?
Iola, WI - United States
A very unique and beautiful floral head, Sharon! Just love the design and shape of this great floral. Love you descriptions too, as it becomes a lesson in botany along with the joy of experiencing the beauty. Thanks for sharing, Sharon!
Wynnewood, PA - United States
What amazing energy in this image, as if the flower could leap into my room! Beautiful light and detail, Sharon! FV!
Bucharest, Ro - Romania
Wow !!!!! I never saw something as gorgeous as this floral macro, Sharon. Such clarity..... Amazing !!!!!! f,v
Burnaby, BC - Canada
I caught myself looking at this photo and my jaw was wide open. This is stunning. Brilliant macro work. f/v
Tewksbury, NJ - United States
Sharon this is fantastic. The color and composition are beautiful. It glows...
Maui, Ha - United States
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Marietta, GA - United States
That is one of the most interesting plants I've ever seen. This is also a most excellently composed and executed photo! Great work! f/v
Strykersville, NY - United States
I can't even think what to say Sharon because this is simply one of the most beautiful macros I've ever seen! What glorious detail, incredible color and just plain magical composition. F/V
Sharon Mau replied:
. . it was wonderful how this spot of sunlight illuminated this newly emerging flower head in the shade of the garden leaving the background in shadows . and I love how the glossy sclerophyllous leaves are in such a lovely star shaped design surrounding the pin-cushion protea like a polygon . . it is sweet . . What you are looking at appears to be a single flower, it is a composite bloom , made up of many small flowers and colourful bracts . . The bright orange-red or yellow stalks that emanate from the flower-head, (which are like the pins in the pincushion so to speak), are actually the pistils of individual flowers. Each stalk consists of a yellow-orange column called the style, which supports a bright red or deep yellow pointed stigma which is the female organ of the flower . . this beauty was blooming yesterday upcountry in Kula where they thrive in the cooler daytime temperatures on Maui . . I am delighted you enjoy it Lianne . . . Aloha ;))
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