Alien species by dulciknit

Alien species

It's been raining most of the day here and the only outside I've been is the garden. I spotted these pushing through my neighbour's fence and found some at the back of our garden as well. I have absolutely no idea what they are and I don't remember any flowers that were growing there earlier in the year. Whatever they are, I suspect they're poisonous. The stems are growing from a base of strap like leaves. Can anyone put a name to them?
Edit 28-10 I took another look this a.m. and worked out they're the seedheads of a Flag Iris.
Kaz
Can't help with the name of them but it's a cool photo!
October 27th, 2011  
beautiful photo
October 27th, 2011  
Love the red but have no idea what they are!
October 27th, 2011  
Sorry i can't help but it is a good colourful shot. I hope you get a name for them.
October 27th, 2011  
Collect the seeds and plant it nex year, You will see. ( kidding)
sorry I can`t help you but the pic is very nice
October 27th, 2011  
Thank you for comment my pic. I realy appreciate it. Have a preview through you album, Like it very much
October 27th, 2011  
@pyrrhula About your idea for planting the seeds - Lol! :-D Also, thank you for your kind comments.
October 27th, 2011  
I've seen these before but can't name them. They're colouful, whatever they are!
October 27th, 2011  
these are really interesting - no idea what they are! well captured tho
October 27th, 2011  
This almost has the look of an oyster filled with colorful pearls :) Well, more like a clam with pearls but that would really be odd!!!
October 28th, 2011  
@karendalling @chamal @jtookey150 @pyrrhula @hamble @sparkle @bobi73
Thank you for looking and commenting - as always, much appreciated. Thought you might like to know I took another look this morning and have worked out that they're the seed heads of a Flag Iris. I found another one on a plant I'm sure is an Iris because I spent ages - unsuccessfully - trying to get a shot of it when it was flowering!
October 28th, 2011  
Very neat! I have never seen anything like that before. Love the photo!
October 28th, 2011  
I didn't read your blurb in full, so missed the last line. And I concluded they were an iris as well, so that's confirmation of sorts. If it is the yellow flag iris it will grow from seed very readily, but if you already have it in the garden it is quicker to just grow it from a spare bit of tuber.
October 28th, 2011  
Oh, and I like the pic as well!
October 28th, 2011  
@tsteall @bigsusan55 Thank you :-)
The irises in our garden must have grown from dropped seed - we didn't plant them. They were a lovely accident - they're delicate shades of lilac and brown. I thought only bearded irises came in those colours.
October 28th, 2011  
Alison, this is a very cool shot - they do, indeed, look like an alien species!
October 29th, 2011  
@cmuir1963 Thank you, Cindy. I wonder if a sci-fi graphic novelist would like the shot for inspiration? ;-)
October 29th, 2011  
Triffid!
October 30th, 2011  
Amazing shot.... I was going to say it could be something called Lords and Ladies... but think the Iris is much more likely. ♥
November 1st, 2011  
@cgould - LOL, love that idea!

Cool shot Alison.
November 3rd, 2011  
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