07 September 2008

Spikey Flower

It's between the tree kangaroo and the masked lapwing, so definitely from the Australasian pavilion, and thus likely tropical. Beyond that, I wot me not entire.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous09:54

    it's a melaleuca, indeed endemic to australia. in california i've heard them called "bottlebrush" bush / tree.

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  2. Thank you!

    The breadth and catholicity of your botanical knowledge never ceases to amaze.

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