Saturday, August 06, 2011

Pink Saturday - Pink Proteus - August 6, 2011

This is another beautiful flower from the San Francisco Botanical Garden, a
treasure trove of  plants and flowers from all parts of the world.  The proteus
is native to South Africa.  The king proteus is their national flower.










I am participating in Barbara's Pink Saturday -
check out the site and add your pink photo to join in the fun!






11 comments:

  1. Such pink loveliness!

    (Here it is sunflower season, they are everywhere right now at the farmers market.)

    A wonderful weekend to you,
    Merisi

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  2. It is then a pinky Saturday.

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  3. Gorgeous pink flower, Carmen!

    (BTW-I see that you've stayed up late at night and spammed my blogs with your wonderful comments :-) Thank you Carmen, you're a dear friend, but please take care of your health!)

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  4. Perfect flower post.
    Joyce M

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  5. Beautiful and unusual flower. Happy PS!

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  6. so beautiful indeed Carmen, so nice to think you have so much treasures close by. yes, wish one day to be enjoying photo-walks with you and Jo in the Botanical Garden.

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  7. Proteus sure are showy. Marie sees them in Hawaii

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  8. Hi Carmen
    This is a very unusual and pretty flower! Botanical Gardens are among my favorite places to visit..happy Pink Saturday!

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  9. Does it open more fully or stay tightly budded?

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  10. Merisi Vienna -
    It is a lovely flower, isn't it, Merisi? I've never seen it growing here - only in flower shops or the Botanical Garden.


    rainfield61 -
    That was my first time to participate in Pink Saturday...I do have a lot of pink photographs so I guess it's a good spot for me!


    Icy BC -
    Somehow, my input of your new blogs didn't go through on my blog and I finally figured it out and did the input again. I had a whole lot of catching up to do. Af for sleep, it always eludes me. I may get four to five hours if I'm lucky - usually broken up into two hours, with an hour or two awake, then another two or three hours!


    Light and Voices -
    I loved that proteus at the Botanical Garden! It's the only place I've seen it - except at the florist or in bouquets.


    Pat -
    I love the proteus and, though I see some unusual flowers here, like the bird of paradise, I haven't seen the proteus grown in
    most gardens.


    betchai -
    Jo and I were talkinga about you yesterday when we were at the De Young Museum. We were trying to figure where we'd have you out trekking so you'd get a little workout of you got out here. Some of our urban hills would probably have you huffing and puffing!


    Sharkbytes (TM) -
    I really like proteus. They have so many varieties and colors and they looks really exotic in arrangements. Of course, I never get them...but plain old cheery daisies are just as nice.


    Indrani -
    I was thinking that, maybe, you'd see proteus growing in India. Surely, the climate must be a lot like South Africa in some areas.


    Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti -
    Botanical Gardens are great in that they give us a chance to see flowers from all over the world. I was so excited when I finally visited ours and recognived plants and flowers I saw years ago in New Zealand.


    secret agent woman -
    This pink proteus opens up a bit more but there are so many other varieties that look quite different - wide open with long slender spikes -but they are all exotic!

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