JoJo's Photobox: Red streamers

Thursday - March 26, 2009

Red streamers

What do you make of this?

[Yellow flower with red streamers]

I spotted this thing blooming at the City of Rocks last summer. Anyone have any idea what it might be? Those red streamers aren't fake. They are part of the flower. Bizarre, eh? I tried looking around for a name but had no luck.

UPDATE. Mom called saying it was a bird of paradise. Which makes no sense. I mean, here's a bird of paradise. I took that photo in the spring of 2007. But, look at this. That's definitely it. A yellow bird of paradise. Official name? Caesalpinia gilliesii. As opposed to the Strelitzia reginae which goes with what we generally think of as birds of paradise flowers. So, there you have it. Thanks, Mom.

Posted by Joanna at 10:42 PM