Keith Horton, Banksia robur flower spike_close-up (May theme: Trees and Plants)

Banksia robur flower spikes may contain hundreds or even thousands of individual flowers. This is a close-up of some of the buds on one flower spike, photographed in Wollongong, New South Wales.

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