A Malachite Sunbird sitting on a Protea flower.
We took a walk in one of the open gardens yesterday morning and encountered some beautiful scenes.
Let's have a look!
The Protea is an indigenous African flower.
Here's two Cape White eyes on another protea bush!
Hard at work here eating away!
Another malachite sunbird looking for nectar!
Finally here's the beauty of a Protea!
"The king protea, so called because of its resemblance to a crown, is the largest of all proteas and is found in the Cape Floristic region. The flower appears on South African birth certificates and passports, as well as on the South African 5-Rand coin, and the Proteas, South Africa’s cricket team, also took its name from the genus."
"Proteas date back millions of years
Dating back approximately 300 million years, proteas are considered to be among the oldest families of flowering plants on the planet."
The above protea flower descriptions were taken from: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/south-africa/articles/
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