{"id":76,"date":"2020-07-30T02:55:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T02:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southafrica-newyork.net\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2020-08-19T01:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T01:44:07","slug":"national-flower-king-protea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.southafrica-newyork.net\/national-flower-king-protea\/","title":{"rendered":"National Flower: King Protea"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"76\" class=\"elementor elementor-76\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e9c635 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e9c635\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b09606f\" data-id=\"b09606f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-898a578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"898a578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf9646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdf9646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">South Africa's National Flower<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4950b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4950b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-contents\">\n<p>The King Protea, (Protea cynaroides), is a flowering plant. Its flower head (what the layman will call the &#8216;flower&#8217;) is the largest in the genus Protea: the species is also known as Giant Protea, Honeypot or King Sugar Bush. It is widely distributed in the south-western and southern parts of South Africa of the fynbos region.<\/p>\n<p>The artichoke-like appearance of the flower-heads of the king protea lead to the specific name \u2018cynaroides\u2019, which means \u2018like cynara\u2019 (the artichoke). The name does not do justice to the beautiful flower-heads of this protea, which is the largest in the genus. A number of varieties in colour and leaf shapes are found, but the most beautiful is the pink coloured flower.<\/p>\n<p>It is the flagship of the <strong>The Protea Atlas Project<\/strong>, run by the South African National Botanical Institute. 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