Roast-beef plant by maggiemae

Roast-beef plant

....or 'Stinking Iris' It might look like an iris but it is actually a poisonous plant I have just discovered! They have popped up in a bare area under our blossom tree. Maybe poisonous to birds but they have obviously been seeded by birds so can't be too bad. It has a 'beefy' smell when rubbed between the fingers but even that might cause problems to humans. After finding all this out, I think I shall poison them out of the garden!
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What a stunning capture with wonderful detail and colours! Love the photobomber too :-)
December 4th, 2022  
Had to Google it as didn't know it but think I recognized the seed and that is the part that is poisonous so would pay to get rid of it.. BTW.. your image is better than the Google images..
December 4th, 2022  
Nooo what a shame as that bee is going to love it!!
December 4th, 2022  
How interesting, I would have just thought it was an iris and not poisonous.
December 4th, 2022  
@julzmaioro Yes, that red seed - I know now. Apparently hard to get rid of.
December 4th, 2022  
Interesting info. Love the bee too!
December 4th, 2022  
Aah! This is very new to me. I would have sworn that they are irises. Better get rid of them as quickly as you can. But they look beautiful.
December 4th, 2022  
Beautiful, even if poisonous, - so many of our plants are poisonous to humans or animals, it seems!
December 4th, 2022  
Pity it’s toxic as it’s so pretty
December 4th, 2022  
Difficult to believe anything so pretty could be so dangerous. I am especially impressed with your skill in capturing that bee with such clarity.
December 4th, 2022  
A beautiful Iris, good timing on capturing the bee
December 4th, 2022  
They do look like Iris, but I wouldn’t keep them either.
December 4th, 2022  
Great timing and capture
December 4th, 2022  
Lovely flower, very nicely focussed.
December 4th, 2022  
Caught in the fly, I will still trying for that moment.
December 4th, 2022  
Super capture! Love the bee in flight.
December 4th, 2022  
Great timing. Lovely bright colours.
December 4th, 2022  
Pretty
December 4th, 2022  
vibrant and really beautiful Maggie
December 4th, 2022  
@grammyn Its the seeds that are dangerous, I have learnt, Katy. I think the birds would know - they somehow do!
December 4th, 2022  
@maggiemae must one eat them? Or just touch them?
December 4th, 2022  
@grammyn They say touching might produce uncomfortable symptoms but eating - could be sick. I have also learnt that the rhizome of the standard iris could be dangerous too!
December 4th, 2022  
Nice
December 4th, 2022  
@maggiemae I did not know that about the standard Iris
December 5th, 2022  
I’m not a gardener so I have no idea (about much). But very nice shot.
December 5th, 2022  
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