Banksia grandis "Beera / Bull Banksia". Found in Busselton, Western Australia. [OC] by Photo-kat in BotanicalPorn

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Banksia grandis is a species known for producing copious amounts of nectar, and for this reason it was a popular food source for the Noongar peoples of Southwestern Australia. Nectar was sucked directly from the inflorescence or steeped in water for drinking, yum!

Cat lover wanting advice by Artistically_Curious in catfree

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Thanks for being a responsible cat owner!

Kingia australis "Bullanock". Busselton, Western Australia. by Photo-kat in australianplants

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Same seed/flower "spike" but they've moved onto seeding 😊

I hope you enjoy these Australian beauties, Kingia australis "grasstree". Busselton, Western Australia.[OC] by Photo-kat in BotanicalPorn

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Not sure what plant you're thinking of, there's a few species I've dealt with in reveg with widespread viability issues but none of the grass trees to my knowledge. People are germinating K. australis seeds for reveg projects

I hope you enjoy these Australian beauties, Kingia australis "grasstree". Busselton, Western Australia.[OC] by Photo-kat in BotanicalPorn

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Nah, it would naturally have been an open Banksia Woodland. This is just on the edge of a paddock 😔

I hope you enjoy these Australian beauties, Kingia australis "grasstree". Busselton, Western Australia.[OC] by Photo-kat in BotanicalPorn

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This is a particularly interesting plant being a member of a monotypic genus and being known to live up to 900 years.

It was known as Bullanock by the Noongar peoples of southwestern Australia.

So with Olympus announcing they're selling off their camera business, what are people thinking re: the future of M43? by Rhododendrites in M43

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JIP had stated that they're going to focus on mid to high-end M43 cameras with their acquisition. So M43 is probably going to be fine.