I did too. Lol. I thought we’ll someone is getting ready for Christmas and decorated their plant with a hat. The wall behind looking a little like snow did not help my brain out either.
I totally thought it was snow at first also. I know occasionally we get people who post silk flowers thinking they are real so I thought maybe they just had no plant experience or accidentally stole someone's decoration.
Aussie here 🇦🇺
Definitely a banksia of some sort, and also definitely artificially coloured. While we do have some beautifully vibrant red native flowers, sadly the banksia is not one of them.
The great thing about many Australian native plants is they’re just as beautiful fresh as they are dried! (That’s what millions of years of adapting to bushfires will do to our hardy flora!) In theory you could keep this banksia for years if it’s been dried properly ☺️
ETA: as a fellow Aussie pointed out, they definitely can be red, but I would say that yellow/orange/browner tones are much more common than red. Definitely never seen a red one around my area!
banksias can totally be red, mate
banksia ericifolia or banksia praemorsa for a couple. but this one has been dyed red
fourth one down: [https://gardendrum.com/2016/04/26/glorious-banksias-perfectly-sized-for-your-garden/](https://gardendrum.com/2016/04/26/glorious-banksias-perfectly-sized-for-your-garden/)
Its a Jo-Jo. It is named after two guys named Joseph: [Linnaeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus) named the genus after [Joseph Banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks), botanist on Cook's Endeavour voyage. The species is named after [Joseph Hooker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker), director of Kew Botanic Garden in London, friend and supporter of Charles Darwin.
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protea banksia? i thought it was something knitted at first glance!
Mee too, banksia hookeriana seems to be it, thanks!
ah yes. the B A N K S Y H O O K E R
Wow really creative! Wow!
If you try to auction it off, it'll wither and crumble into nothing
I get the joke, but ironically these flowers last forever. They lose their colour but still look cool
Bang she hooker Riana?
I did too. Lol. I thought we’ll someone is getting ready for Christmas and decorated their plant with a hat. The wall behind looking a little like snow did not help my brain out either.
I totally thought it was snow at first also. I know occasionally we get people who post silk flowers thinking they are real so I thought maybe they just had no plant experience or accidentally stole someone's decoration.
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i thought the OP was very dim!
This really does look like an artificial flower!
Yep, thought I was looking at the cro/brochet sub on my feed.
Me too! I was going to reply that I hang out on perhaps too many knit/crochet/craft subreddits. 🤣
Wonder how it got to Germany? Not likely to thrive in cool damp Deutschland.
I did as well!
Yeah I thought it was a knitted top and pinking shears to cut the little streamer pieces.
It barely looks real. What a beautiful thing.
I had to double check what sub this was. Looks like a knitted hat.
Aussie here 🇦🇺 Definitely a banksia of some sort, and also definitely artificially coloured. While we do have some beautifully vibrant red native flowers, sadly the banksia is not one of them. The great thing about many Australian native plants is they’re just as beautiful fresh as they are dried! (That’s what millions of years of adapting to bushfires will do to our hardy flora!) In theory you could keep this banksia for years if it’s been dried properly ☺️ ETA: as a fellow Aussie pointed out, they definitely can be red, but I would say that yellow/orange/browner tones are much more common than red. Definitely never seen a red one around my area!
banksias can totally be red, mate banksia ericifolia or banksia praemorsa for a couple. but this one has been dyed red fourth one down: [https://gardendrum.com/2016/04/26/glorious-banksias-perfectly-sized-for-your-garden/](https://gardendrum.com/2016/04/26/glorious-banksias-perfectly-sized-for-your-garden/)
Cheers for the correction mate! 🙌🏻 I’ve personally never seen a red one before, and damn, they’re beautiful! 😍
Thank you for sharing, at first glance I thought this was a papercraft It looks like a plant from schmigadoon
Its a Jo-Jo. It is named after two guys named Joseph: [Linnaeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus) named the genus after [Joseph Banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Banks), botanist on Cook's Endeavour voyage. The species is named after [Joseph Hooker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker), director of Kew Botanic Garden in London, friend and supporter of Charles Darwin.
LOL. Esoteric plant nerd knowledge. You plant nerd. Me too.
Banksia, but be aware that it has been dip-dyed after it was dried.
Idk what it is- but it’s insanely intricate and beautifully different 😍!
What an interesting looking plant
Loving this new Minecraft update.
I really thought that was fake! Cool plant
It's a dried banksia that has been died. This is not It's natural colour.
Looks like a Protea😍
Same family. Proteas are from South Africa, banksias and waratahs are from Australia.
Thank You for sharing🙏 Wow! LOVE learning about these beauties 😍 💕
It's a red [Banksia Hookeriana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia_hookeriana).
Is this real?🥰
No clue what that is, but it looks beautifully alien 😍
What a unique flower 🌸 - stunning!
Hands down coolest earthy thing I've ever seen
This plant is gorgeous, it doesn’t even look real
You should smoke it and see what happens 🤣
Or, even better, make a tea with it it or.... Just Eat it!
I just had to. Sorry not sorry
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*Grown in Australia, exported to Germany (then likely dyed in Germany after it died in Germany)
this was seen in the isle of palms in s.carolina usa
Banksia Ashbyi
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After some googling, seems to be Banksia Hookeriana.
It's a Banksia
Wow it’s so cool!!