What's Going on Here?

This is the flower of the poisonous weed known as the castor oil plant. I had never noticed the flowers before. What was going on? A Google search revealed each flower spike contains male flowers (cream) at the bottom and female flowers(red) at the top. Spikey green seed pods develop each with three seeds inside. These can be expelled over 2 metres when the pod explodes.

[Tricia O'Donnell]

Beautiful colour

[Mannie]

Nice shot, Margaret. Interesting coloration.

[Babs]

Magnificent shot and excellent framing plus an interesting story to go with it too. Top marks here Margaret.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely capture and framing.

[Judith Greenwood]

Never seen the flowers though I know they are poisonous because my mum told me ALL THE TIME!

[Poppo Livy]

Lovely shot and an interesting story Margaret. And fancy your thinking of me when you saw the moon rising. LOL

[Sue Wilde]

Lovely focus and love the way this is presented

[Margo]

Beautifully presented

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful photo and a great framing. Thanks for the Interesting explanation