Pandanus (heatwave) Pandanus grow across much of the Top End of Northern Territory, wherever there is sufficient water from creeks or monsoonal rainfall. They produce tough orange fruit with a hard seed. Both fruit and seed are edible, if you are tenacious and patient. Only a few native critters have what it takes to eat them. So, while they do not feed many, they provide a home many for tree snakes, small lizards, frogs and finches. Pandanus have green spiky leaves that dry out as they are replaced by fresh growth. These leaves stay attached to the trunk long after they have died, giving the pandanus a skirt effect – and creating an impressive fireball effect when they catch fire. This design was inspired by blackened pandanus in a bushfire, although it has translated well into a number of colourways. It works best printed at large scale and makes a statement wallpaper. Pandanus heatwave – because the orange (fire) just wasn’t hot enough to reflect the weather in the Top End.
