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August/September 2001 Competition

Congratulations to Ivor Jardine who correctly predicted that Climax Conebush - 'Leucadendron climacticum' would peak flower in the the first week of November. Option 11 was therefore the correct answer.

Have a look at the flowering conebush below.

November 2001

When will the newly discovered species, the Climax Conebush - 'Leucadendron climacticum', come into peak flower (Choose one of the below options)?  Use the below photographs taken on 11 August, 2001 to help gauge your answer.

Choose an Option Peak Flowering
Option 1 19 August 2001 -1 September 2001
Option 2 26 August 2001 - 8 September 2001
Option 3 2 September 2001 - 15 September 2001
Option 4 9 September 2001 - 22 September 2001
Option 5 16 September 2001 - 29 September 2001
Option 6 23 September 2001 - 6 October 2001
Option 7 30 September 2001 - 13 October 2001
Option 8 7 October 2001 - 20 October 2001
Option 9 14 October 2001 - 27 October 2001
Option 10 21 October 2001 - 3 November 2001
Option 11 28 October 2001 - 10 November 2001
Option 12 4 November 2001 - 17 November 2001
Option 13 11 November 2001 - 24 November 2001
Option 14 18 November 2001 - 1 December 2001
Option 15 25 November 2001 - 8 December 2001
Option 16 2 December 2001 - 15 December 2001
Option 17 9 December 2001 -  22 December 2001
Option 18 16 December 2001 - 29 December 2001
Option 19 23 December 2001 - 5 January 2002
Option 20 30 December 2001 - 12 January 2002

You stand to win a copy of the recent publications Peninsula Erica / Peninsula Protea and West Coast Protea OR alternatively a R50.00 book voucher at the Botanical Society.

Climax Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Climax Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw

Have a look at New photographs of the new species Climax Conebush - 'Leucadendron climacticum'

Rules:

  1. Volunteers, Protea Atlassers and members of the public may enter. As the answer to this competition is not known to either Protea Atlas Project Staff Members or the Webmaster, they may enter this competition.
  2. Your entry must reach the Protea Atlas office by 15 September 2001.  This closing date holds good whether the Leucadendron has flowered or not. Your answer should e-mailed to protea@nbict.nbi.ac.za.
  3. You may submit more than one entry to refine your answer but then only your very latest entry will be considered up to the closing date stated in 2 above.
  4. The results of this competition will be published at this web site, but only after the Leucadendron has peak flowered.
  5. If the Leucadendron has not peak flowered by 12 January, 2002 then this competition will be re-run.
  6. The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to.

Have a look at the last competition, just for fun. (The answer is given).

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