Protea cynaroides, King Protea
The cover drawing of THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 71, January 2013 is by Margaret Johnston
Not having a photo of this plant I am posting a scan of a postage stamp issued by South Africa
Protea cynaroides is mentioned several times in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN. I am pointing you to the last time it was mentioned, in number 90, October 2017, in
CONQUERING TABLE MOUNTAIN by Kirsten Honeyman