Don't Panic . . . .

. .It's not a cobra. Just a flower of one of the bromeliads (Vriesea Platynema x Daintree).

A bit light on today and I should have downloaded this and checked it before I was left with no other option.

Maybe it's a Triffid. Wooooooo!!!!!

[Sheralee S]

Looks like it's pretty colours. Nice dof.

[Peter]

Wonderful image Terry, love the DOF, Bokeh background and lines of red;)

[Kane Arlow]

It looks like a carnivorous plant. Either way great shot of it. The Brom's have great colouring.

[Robyn]

Lovely dof and colours. Fav

[Emilie Cartoun]

That is frightening!

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot. Fav

[Janiskay]

I must admit it did resemble a snake when I first looked at it.

[Shirley Banford]

I still like it!

[sally agnew]

Love the DOF, great shot Poppo :)

[Milanie]

Pretty great focus on this - like your dof. The red on the bromeliad just pops out at you.

[Jenny Ren]

Nice shot!

[Angelieke]

Very nice!

[Peter Grave]

Nice composition Terry.Does look like a snake at first glance!!

[Debbie]

looks like it has teeth!

[Diane]

Nice shot Terry.

[Tracey]

Beautiful focus and capture

[Sam]

Sharp focus!

[Rick Schies]

Great close-up work

[Poppo Livy]

@bella_ss @digitalrn @gigiflower @tracelee @dianeburns @peterlgrave @angeliekevl @lan @lan @milaniet @hermann @pcoulson @karlow75 @flyrobin @teiko @thresheg @janiskay @sabanford Thank you everyone for your comments and (2) favs but I have a question: Am I the only weirdo who knows what a Triffid is? You younger whiper snappers probably wont know. :-)

[Sheralee S]

@terryliv Yep Poppo, I have no idea what a triffid is! I could google of course :)

[Sheralee S]

@terryliv I knew The Day of the Triffid but I still didn't know what a triffid was... I do now :)

[Poppo Livy]

@bella_ss My wife pointed the flower out to me and said "What does that look like?" and I immediately said "A Triffid". She said "No. A Cobra" so I went with the Cobra angle.

[Peter]

@terryliv I'm of an age to and still do remember the films "Day of the Triffids" & "Night of the Triffids", didn't see it when it was first released in 1962 (62 years ago !!!) saw it some years later on TV;)

[Sheralee S]

@terryliv I agree with the cobra :)

[Janiskay]

@terryliv I must confess I didn't know until now. I did just look it up embarrassed because I didn't know.