Ten proteas compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs. An editorial selection exploring flowerheads, bracts and foliage, not a scientific ranking. Photograph credits: 1. File:Protea repens 1DS-II 4128.jpg; SAplants; Required credit: SAplants; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_repens_1DS-II_4128.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:Protea compacta 89.jpg; Nanosanchez; Required credit: Nanosanchez; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_compacta_89.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:Protea neriifolia RBG.jpg; Melburnian; Required credit: Melburnian; CC BY 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_neriifolia_RBG.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Protea magnifica flower.JPG; Andrew massyn; Required credit: Andrew massyn; Public domain; ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_magnifica_flower.JPG; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Protea eximia MS 9177.jpg; Marco Schmidt [1]; Required credit: Marco Schmidt [1]; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_eximia_MS_9177.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:Protea coronata flower.jpg; Andrew massyn; Required credit: Andrew massyn; Public domain; ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_coronata_flower.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Protea lepidocarpodendron, the Black-bearded Sugar Bush (10699764063).jpg; Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada; Required credit: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_lepidocarpodendron,_the_Black-bearded_Sugar_Bush_(10699764063).jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Protea obtusifolia 5Dsr 2771.jpg; SAplants; Required credit: SAplants; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protea_obtusifolia_5Dsr_2771.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:ProteaAristata.jpg; Sutnurg at English Wikipedia; Required credit: Grant Hearn at en.wikipedia; CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ProteaAristata.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos - KingProtea - Table Mountain.JPG; S Molteno; Required credit: S Molteno; Public domain; ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peninsula_Sandstone_Fynbos_-_KingProtea_-_Table_Mountain.JPG; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. Video adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Original photographs retain their licenses; no author endorsement implied.