The Kangaroo's Paw....

Hello Dhaarlings...


Today princess is introducing another fascinating Australian Native. 
It thrives in dry conditions and loves full sun.


And No... it isn't "Waterbukketus Allweatherii" from the previous post


It is a real Fair Dinkum Aussie tresure
Found growing naturally in the south west of the State of Western Australia... 


Who have adopted it as their native flower emblem...

It is usually depicted in its natural form of green and red

It's called a "Kangaroo Paw"

This is the yellow hybrid of the plant on show at the native botanical garden
I recently visited...

You can probably work out how it got it's name...

It bears resemblance to...

The Paw of our native National Emblem... The Kangaroo... 

You know the one... that we shoot... and sometimes throw on the barby... but mostly turn into pet food... 

Well that one.

Here's another shot I took...not at the Roo... but in the  gardens

The red and white poles are painted in alternate colours approximately 8 inches apart... so... that will give you some idea of the size of the individual flowers... Yet I'm still pondering the symbolism of the poles... another grant for some poor floundering arts student I guess...

They look stunning in a massed vase of cut flowers 

or giving height to an arrangement

or even as a bridal bouquet....

What ever happened to Skippy you ask?

Well I must confess that I was quite sure I would marry

Ken James or Tony Bonner one day...

Sadly... that never happened... But watch out for a sneaky appearance of the lovely

 Ms Zha Zha Gabor... in the next clip Dhaarlinks!...

She knew how tho get her man...


 Unfortunately she just couldn't keep them...