Beautiful shot of an unusual and gorgeous flower. Definitely a 10/10 (as always, of course...smile) but since I've never seen one of these before, this one is going into my Favorites in a big hurry. Great job! :)
It's part of what is called "Fynbos" and it can only be found in South Africa. The Protea is also the National Flower of South Africa. I would have liked to take some more shots of Proteas, but there was a huge veld fire in the mountains where they occur in my area, and they are extremely hard to find now.