When I went back to last year's post about this flower, I discovered a surprise comment, left way after the fact by someone in Jackonsville, who correctly identified it.
Its name is Bromelia balansae. The first picture - which apparently will only upload to that detested *x* instead of showing the actual photo - shows the actual flower, and is found at this link: http://www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/0954-1.html
The following 3 pix are of my own plant, getting ready to flower. That striking flourescent orange? That's only the leaves. Not even a bud has come up yet. You know it's getting ready to flower when the leaves decide to change color: thus the common name, Heart of Flame.It's way way WAY past my bedtime now! But I was longing to see those babies up there at the top of the page. So tonight you get the pix, no story till tomorrow. Whereupon, I shall Tell All!
2 comments:
Amazing pix.
You are so lucky to have a garden.
Yes. I never forget how lucky, either. It's my only house of my entire life, and I didn't get it until I was 38 years old!
That makes it easy to appreciate it.
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