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Hakea petiolaris

Like Banksia, Hakea is an Australian genus of shrubs and small trees in the Protea Family, but in Hakea the flower clusters are often spherical, as seen here with Hakea petiolaris. In this species, the transformation of the flower cluster as it develops is especially wonderful. The upper photo shows the cone-like initial appearance of the developing flower head. The second photo shows the young flowers expanding and pushing apart the scales of the "cone"; at this stage, the cluster looks like a bunch of green or yellowish-green clubs emerging from a purple center. The third photo shows the styles starting to emerge, doubled over and looking like white loops. Finally, in the fourth photo, the styles have straightened out, so that the cluster looks like a pincushion or a sea urchin, with the flowers below having turned pink. Hakea petiolaris comes from near Perth in Western Australia.

-Brian

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eternal reblog

Agnes Pelton, (German born-USA 1881-1961)

The fountains 1926

oil on canvas 91.44x80.01

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this blog is a museum of my heart

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Albrecht Durer, The Armillary Sphere, 1525

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Yang Yanmin, Travellers ride camels on Mingsha mountain after heavy snowfall, Dunhuang, China, 2018.

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Cassandra Verity Green

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my moms clutch … I’m obsessed

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x-ray of my mind

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Unknown Armadillo 1967 Mexico Clay 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 10 1/2 in Gift of Katarina Real-Cate © Mingei International Museum / Art Resource, NY

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+++ by Luca

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Marina Tsvetaeva, from a diary entry featured in Earthly Signs Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922

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