Going, Going, Gone

The gymea lily flower heads have now gone to seed. It will be a while before they are flowering again.

Each flower head can be up to 2 ft across (60 cm) and the flower spike can be as tall as 20 ft (6 metres). When in full flower they look like giant beacons.

[Joyce]

@ft across. That's huge! Wouldn't be room of many in my garden. Interesting triptych

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

wow!!! looks so fantastic!!!

[Lynda McG]

Nice collage - and such an unusual plant!

[Beryl Lloyd]

A great collage of this seed head !

[Annie D]

great collage Babs - they're amazing flowers

[Chris K]

what an amazing plant Babs. I have never seen one

[Peter]

Wonderful before and after triptych panel Babs must be amazing to see these large flowers in the flesh:)

[Hazel]

I like the variety of backgrounds.

[Heather Colgate]

Nicely done Babs

[Jenfurj]

They are such unique flowers. The seed stems are really interesting too. Lovely collage.

[sally agnew]

They are fascinating lilies, nicely presented Babs :)

[Nicole Campbell]

They look just as beautiful after going to seed as they do when they are flowering.

[Kristjana]

I love it.

[Peter Day]

Going once, going twice, sold

[tony gig]

Lovely shots.

[Merrelyn]

Great collage Babs. They are amazing plants :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent collage of its progress, Babs.

[KWind]

Cool to see the transformation!

[gloria jones]

Great collage of shots

[Jennifer]

great idea and collage.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice time lapse collage

[Paul]

Excellent collage 😉

[Kahsia]

Nice collage. Do you have one with the lilly in bloom?

[bkb in the city]

Great collage

[Margo Sayer]

Unknown in our neck of the woods, but as google is my friend have just discovered them. What a lovely flower/plant. Thank you for the introduction!

[Pyrrhula]

A great collage of three beautiful pic.`s of an amazing flower.

[Jane Morley]

Fabulous plants. Love your collage.

[Babs]

@moonmtn Yes I do. http://365project.org/onewing/365/2014-10-25
http://365project.org/onewing/365/2014-07-05

[Diana Moss]

Love your collage ,it is interesting to see these plants

[Masquerade]

Very good depiction of this time of year!

[Margo]

great collage

[Marnie]

Must be spectacular when its in flower. I like this collage of going to seed.

[Babs]

@golftragic They flower apparently when the whales are travelling north and again when they return to Antarctica. A bit like beacons for whales

[Rachel]

I remember you telling me about the whales and these flowers, and it was true for us this year. They are fabulous flowers, and very popular with the birds and bats.

[Taffy]

How cool to see the process. In each state, it's quite an impressive image.

[Kane Arlow]

Fantastic shots of its cycle. I'm sure I have seen some of these while up north.

[Jodie]

Great to see the cycle, these always reminded me of the triffids.

[Babs]

@olenadole @lyndamcg @thistle @beryl @annied @cruiser @pcoulson @quietpurplehaze @365projectorgjenfurj @hermann @nicolecampbell @bina @peterday @tonygig @merrelyn @mittens @kwind @seattlite @jesperani @craftymeg @paul10 @bkbinthecity @pyrrhula @chimfa @snowy @maskerade @777margo @golftragic @888rachel @taffy @karlow75 Thanks. Next time they are flowering I must get a photo of David standing next to a Gymea lily just to show how tall they are. This series of shots was taken from the top of the Gan Gan lookout, so not able to get a photo of David standing next to them. He wasn't game enough to climb down the side of the cliff just for a photo. No sense of adventure some people :)

[Babs]

@s4sayer Isn't it great what we learn on 365.

[Babs]

@jodies Ha ha, me too.

[Sue Cooper]

A fantastic series of shots. I'd love to see it in flower.

[Fisher Family]

A super collage of these fascinating plants!

Ian

[Stephanie]

Interesting collage, my goodness they grow to quite a height and flower to a great width too, they must be pretty amazing to see.

[Marnie]

@onewing Goodness gracious me, isn't Mother Nature clever?

[Helen Sanderson]

We don't see these lillies up here..first time I saw them was in the Royal National Park..so very huge. Lovely idea to show the progression of the flower.