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| Pink Ice Protea |
Doing some additional research, I learned: Proteas occur naturally in the Southern Hemisphere. Believed to have originated on the super-continent of Gondawana. When the continent split, they were spread across different continents: Australia, New Zealand, and South America.
When I visited Maui in 1986, I took a tour of a Protea farm, here are some images from that Hawaiian trip:
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| Pincushion Protea |
They are named after Proteus, the shape-shifter son of Poseidon.
With over 1500 species, they come in different shapes and sizes (from trees to shrubs).
Not a Protea, but taken during the same trip:
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| Red Torch Ginger |
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| Red Torch Ginger |
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| Merrilee - 1986 |
