A man picking protea flowers from the roadside sparked debate about South Africa's protected species laws, with the viral ...

On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in flower and thriving 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) from their natural home ...

The king Protea is the national flower of South Africa but also found in Zambia. The king Protea has several colour forms and horticulturists have recognised 81 garden varieties, some of which ...

Now that it's bloomed, the flower will slowly close up and droop, and won't open again for at least five years, according to nursery officials.

The king protea bears a large head with cup-shaped inflorescences (the reproductive shoot of the plant which bears a cluster of flowers).

Unique micro-organisms, such as fungi and mites, living on Africa’s protea flowers sustain a miniature ecosystem, which allow the plants to disperse and maintain a highly diverse and constant ...

The National Flower: King Protea This giant protea resembles in form and appearance to an artichoke and is native to many regions of the Western and Southern Cape.

S.Africa's iconic protea flower relocates as climate warms Cullinan (South Africa) (AFP) – On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow ...

The largest of the proteas, the King Protea, is South Africa's national flower. It has lent its name to the national cricket team and countless brands.

On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in flower and thriving 1,500 kilometres (930 miles) from their natural home at ...

The diverse protea family has more than 350 species in South Africa. The King Protea is SA’s largest flower export with more than 10 million stems sent abroad last year, worth close to R275 million.

South Africa's iconic protea flower relocates as climate warms The King Protea’s status offers it some protection but almost half of South Africa's other protea species face extinction because ...