I don't think I'm prone to wild eyed flights of fancy where I'm left googly eyed and tongue twisted, but that was the exact situation as the rental Camaro cleared the twisty driveway up to Malolo Farms - a PROTEA FARM - PROTEAS PEOPLE.  I've been pretty unhinged about these beauties since first seeing them in the wild in South Africa, but I don't think anything could have prepared me to for the diversity and riotous color and texture I was about to take in.  Luckily, Dan was there to wipe the drool off my chin.