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Worm_Farmer
04-18-2012, 05:24 PM
Can anyone ID this flower?

I was told they are imported from Hawaii, it kind of looks like a brom to me, but iv never seen anything like it before.

http://thumbnails47.imagebam.com/18565/e9b2ae185642815.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/e9b2ae185642815) http://thumbnails71.imagebam.com/18565/9340a4185642825.jpg (http://www.imagebam.com/image/9340a4185642825)

RobG7aChattTN
04-18-2012, 06:47 PM
It is some kind of Protea.
Protea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protea)

caliboy1994
04-18-2012, 07:31 PM
Protea cynaroides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protea_cynaroides)

Worm_Farmer
04-19-2012, 10:22 AM
Has anyone tried to grow it before?

caliboy1994
04-19-2012, 12:42 PM
It's native to a Mediterranean climate, so I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard in California.

sunfish
04-19-2012, 02:18 PM
I believe the seed are a bit tricky to germinate. :-D :D =D

varig8
04-20-2012, 09:58 AM
i think that proteas require speciific growing conditions in order to bloom.
in Hawaii they are grown at higher elevationd o
the slopes of the volcanos.

Worm_Farmer
04-20-2012, 11:22 AM
i think that proteas require speciific growing conditions in order to bloom.
in Hawaii they are grown at higher elevationd o
the slopes of the volcanos.

I did find 1 person selling small live plants. But from what I can dig up they are hard to keep alive outside of Hawaii and Africa. I would like to have one, but I just don't think my skill level is high enough to keep one alive.