Leucadendron gandogeri female flowerhead

The female flowerhead of Leucadendron gandogeri resides in a shallow, wide cup formed by conspicuously greenish yellow, yellow or orange-tinged involucral leaves that curve up to their red, thickened tips. In picture these leaves are also pinkish red at the base around the young cone.

A multitude of female flowers grow in the gaps between the cone blades. These blades close after flowering, the fruits remaining on the bush until fire opens them for dispersal.

The stubby male or pollen cones are yellow around their nearly cylindrical, fluffy flanks when the pollen is ripe. Male cones are about 24 mm in diameter, the female ones 18 mm.

Flowering happens late in winter and early in spring. The photo was taken in July (Manning, 2007; Bean and Johns, 2005; iNaturalist).