This page is to aid in a little game Gnangarra and Hesperian are playing: the development of photographic sequences that illustrate the lifecycle of Banksia inflorescences. Anyone can play, of course. Add images where they are missing. Replace inferior images with better images. Start a new sequence.
B. grandis
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Dormant bud protected by involucral bracts
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Spike elongating
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Elongate spike
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Anthesis in process
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Follicles developing
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Mature follicles, still closed
B. menziesii
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Flowers starting to develop
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Elongate flowers, style within perianth
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Styles free of perianth, but limb still intact
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Anthesis in process
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Flowers falling, follicles developing
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Mature follicles, still closed
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Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
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Mature follicles, open, seed shed
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Seeds
B. prionotes
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Anthesis in process
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Anthesis complete
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Flowers falling
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Follicles developing
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Mature follicles, open, seed shed
B. sessilis
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Inflorescence bud protected by involucral bracts
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Perianths expanding, starting to push past the involucral bracts
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Perianths expanding, have pushed past involucral bracts
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Inflorescence before anthesis
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Anthesis in process
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Anthesis complete
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Flowers withering
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Follicles developing inside involucral bracts
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Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
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Mature follicles, open, seed shed