Life of an Ivanhoe Grevillea flower

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Here is another in flower series – the life of……..This is number seven and of course I will have some more with one in the getting ready stages now.

I posted an Ivanhoe Grevillea flower in my Last on the Card for August which a lot of people commented that it was a lovely flower. This is a cultivar from around 1967 that first appeared in the Victorian town of Ivanhoe, presumed hybrid between G. longifolia and G. caleyi

The bush flowers from Winter to Summer and attracts small birds. The flowers have been likened to a toothbrush but I like to call it a Hedgehog flower. What do you think?

It is hard to get a whole picture of the bush as the flowers are up to around 5cm in length.

The buds start of like small berries closely grouped together

After a while they start to separate

Then the styles start to appear

The buds begin to separate more as more styles or stamen appear presenting the floral tubes or ovaries in the case of a male or female flower

Opening further to greet the morning sun

Almost totally unfurled beginning to reveal the full flower

Almost ready to show everything as the flower is getting ready to fully open

The underside has a certain insect or marine creature look don’t you think?

A female flower with their styles, stigma and pollen presenters

This flower is in decline. A loss of colour and a separation of the styles

The last throws as the flower starts to degrade

The final signs of life as it ebbs away

For Cee’s FOTD and
Bren’s Floral Friday #69

35 thoughts on “Life of an Ivanhoe Grevillea flower”

        1. This is number six in the series “In the Life of” I have done so far. The first one, The Life of a Hibiscus which only had three photos from memory, was well received so I tried to remember to grab a photo when the buds first appear and go from there 🙂

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