Wikipedia:WikiProject Banksia/Sequences

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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

  • Dormant bud protected by involucral bracts
    Dormant bud protected by involucral bracts
  • Spike elongating
    Spike elongating
  • Elongate spike
    Elongate spike
  • File:Flowers starting to develop
  • File:Flowers elongating
  • File:Elongate flowers, style within perianth
  • File:Styles free of perianth, but limb still intact
  • Anthesis in process
    Anthesis in process
  • File:Anthesis complete
  • File:Flowers falling
  • Follicles developing
    Follicles developing
  • Mature follicles, still closed
    Mature follicles, still closed
  • File:Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
  • File:Mature follicles, open, seed shed

B. menziesii

  • File:Dormant bud protected by involucral bracts
  • File:Spike elongating
  • File:Elongate spike
  • Flowers starting to develop
    Flowers starting to develop
  • File:Flowers elongating
  • Elongate flowers, style within perianth
    Elongate flowers, style within perianth
  • Styles free of perianth, but limb still intact
    Styles free of perianth, but limb still intact
  • Anthesis in process
    Anthesis in process
  • File:Anthesis complete
  • Flowers falling, follicles developing
    Flowers falling, follicles developing
  • Mature follicles, still closed
    Mature follicles, still closed
  • Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
    Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
  • Mature follicles, open, seed shed
    Mature follicles, open, seed shed
  • Seeds
    Seeds

B. prionotes

  • File:Dormant bud protected by involucral bracts
  • File:Spike elongating
  • File:Elongate spike
  • File:Flowers starting to develop
  • File:Flowers elongating
  • File:Elongate flowers, style within perianth
  • File:Styles free of perianth, but limb still intact
  • Anthesis in process
    Anthesis in process
  • Anthesis complete
    Anthesis complete
  • Flowers falling
    Flowers falling
  • Follicles developing
    Follicles developing
  • File:Mature follicles, still closed
  • File:Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
  • Mature follicles, open, seed shed
    Mature follicles, open, seed shed

B. sessilis

  • Inflorescence bud protected by involucral bracts
    Inflorescence bud protected by involucral bracts
  • Perianths expanding, starting to push past the involucral bracts
    Perianths expanding, starting to push past the involucral bracts
  • Perianths expanding, have pushed past involucral bracts
    Perianths expanding, have pushed past involucral bracts
  • File:Elongate flowers
  • Inflorescence before anthesis
    Inflorescence before anthesis
  • Anthesis in process
    Anthesis in process
  • Anthesis complete
    Anthesis complete
  • Flowers withering
    Flowers withering
  • Follicles developing inside involucral bracts
    Follicles developing inside involucral bracts
  • File:Mature follicles, still closed
  • Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
    Mature follicles, open, seed not yet shed
  • Mature follicles, open, seed shed
    Mature follicles, open, seed shed

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