Lindsay Bourque is today's author:
Thank you to Nhu Nguyen, aka xerantheum@Flickr, for submitting today's photo (original image | Botany Photo of the Day Flickr Pool)!
Greyia radlkoferi is a riparian species occurring mainly in the mist-belt mountains of Swaziland and eastern South Africa (the provinces of Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal). Cultivated as a popular garden plant in warm temperate and subtropical parts of the world, it is commonly known as woolly or Natal bottlebrush. Greyia has been confusing taxonomically, and has at various times been placed in Saxifragaceae, Sapindaceae, and Greyiaceae. It is currently placed in the Melianthaceae.
The etymology for this particular species is clear, however, with the genus Greyia being named for Sir George Grey (1812-1898), explorer and colonial governor of South Australia, the Cape Colony (present day South Africa) and New Zealand. The specific epithet honours Ludwig Radlkofer (1829-1927!), Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Museum in Munich.
Very attractive flower... but I would guess the plant leaves a lot to be desired.
Interesting plant.
Photo remarquable. peut-être aurait-il été intéressant de voir, en plus, la plante entière
Nice to open up the computer to a picture that just emenates sun and warmth like this, this time of year!
a lovely flower for the holiday season
How can you say "interesting"!It is spectacular!
It kind of reminds me of a Rhododendron with its upcurved stamens.