I was looking for photo inspiration in my front garden this afternoon when a neighbour called me over to look at a plant in her garden. She had seen me with my camera and thought that I might find it interesting. I certainly did. Although the plant is only about 30cm high, the flower spike is at least 2 metres tall and has little clumps of buds all the way up. The petals are not really obvious but the stamens are.
She didn't know what the plant was, but we both wondered if it might be a variety of yucca.
Gorgeous and so beautifully captured. Here, yuccas are a cactus type. This seems to have lily stamens and the whisky curly little things that remind me of Passion flowers.
@merrelyn At least one thing we know -- it's photogenic and cooperated well with your photography! I went to this website but it's UK based so not sure it would include it, plus I couldn't; answer most questions: https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/identify
Hi Merrelyn, My friend from Fremantle thought it might be a type of grevillia but I can't find one that has that combination of stamen and wispy curls and I don't see the leaf -- I'm stumped. I did find a photo of a grey-headed flying fox pollinating it by licking the nectar :).
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Could it be a Leucospermum "yellow bird" ???
Maybe you have a rare species of something you could name!