I live with my Wife and Daughter in Launceston, on the Island state of Australia, Tasmania.

I spend a lot of my spare time with my Olympus C-770 Digital Camera in hand, photographing the Wonderful World of Nature.

My Favourite type of Photography is “Macro” Photography. This is involves photographing the very small. Usually my subjects are smaller than 3" (7.5cm). As a result one of my favourite subjects, are found in the Macro-Fungi & Insect World.

Sunday, February 27, 2005

Banksia marginata


No. Mar 05 - 00036
Photographed by Sparra Mc ©

Honeysuckle Banksia, Banksia marginata (Proteacea)

A dense bushy shrub or small tree, often flowering when under 1 m but sometimes reaching 9 m. Bark brownish-grey, smooth; leaves 3-10 cm long, narrow, oblong, silvery beneath, margins entire or toothed. Individual flowers small, soft lemon-yellow to golden, crowded into dense spikes up to 10 cm long, 4 cm wide. Cones becoming buff to grey with age, fertile carpels snaking hard brown bulges on sides of cones. Fruit opening by a slit, seeds winged. Flowering profusely from spring to early winter, it is a significant producer of nectar for birds and insects. was common in all areas especially heaths and light forests. Tas, Vic. NSW, SA.

posted by Sparra Mc @ Sunday, February 27, 2005