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Saturday 23 November 2013

The King Protea

November 9, 2013

Despite their leathery leaves and thistle-like centres, King Proteas are mysteriously striking and appealing flowers. Something about these strange and gorgeous flowers intrigues me, and it seems very fitting that they are South Africa's national flower. A lovely (and very sweet) couple of friends gave me a generous bunch of proteas for my birthday, and so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to make them the subject of a photo shoot (and, incidentally, a blog post): 




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