This unique flower reminds me of the very first flower post I did on this blog, which ended up being quite popular and fueled all the numerous flower posts I’ve done since that time. Here it is: Florida foliage: The strange bottlebrush flower.
As it turns out there’s good reason for the connection as both of these flowers are from the same family of bromeliads. The binomial name of this relative is billbergia pyramidalis, also known as the foolproof plant. It’s native to South America and the Caribbean and thus it didn’t have far to travel to get to Florida.
Then, when I stopped to think about it, I realized I had another post about yet another bromeliad relative: Florida foliage: Bromeliads, peculiar and kinda freaky. I guess I’m piling them up now… and it all started from that first silly post! Wowie. That intial post on the bottlebrush flower was the result of a mere curiosity when I spotted a strange looking plant of some sort in my landlady’s yard. Thereafter I did some research to find out what it was. That’s how stuff gets started sometimes… little wonderful things like that.
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Gorgeous! I love th epink/red mix.
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Thank you!
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“Little wonderful things like that”, indeed! This flamethrower flower is breathtakingly beautiful, but I also love the other two. I can see why the one is called bottle brush plant 😀 . All three have this wonderful red colour. The spiky green one with the red centre I have seen for indoors growing, the others were new to me. There is so much beauty around us!
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Yes, you can definitely see that they are related… especially with the color similarities. They are all quite spectacular in their uniqueness! 🙂
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Oh, dear, I just noticed that I called the flaming torch a flamethrower, what an association …
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Ha ha, that probably works too! 😀
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Your serendipitous discovery contains a wealth of beauty and delight. Thanks for posting!
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You’re welcome. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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So beautiful ❤️
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Thank you and thanks for visiting!
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Your welcome❤️
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How wonderful to see here the exotic, sublimely beautiful flowers, now your specialty, JoAnn.
Have you noticed that our names are similar in an odd way?
Thank you.
Joanna
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Yes, I did see that. Not too many Joanns and Joannas in the world. We are a special group 🙂
In Hebrew the name means “God is gracious.”
Thanks for visiting and for your nice comments! 🙂
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Out here we have a bottlebrush that is a tree or large shrub, Probably unrelated to those bromeliads. The hummingbirds love them.
Lovely photos!
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Thank you…
Hmm, maybe or maybe not. If you snap a photo and run in through PlantSnap it will tell you. That’s what I do… I totally cheat when it comes to my flower expertise 🙂
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The flowers have reminded me just how beautiful nature is.
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Yes, I’m so glad that we have the beauty of nature as a reminder of the good things that exist in this crazy-poo world. 🌺🙃
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Beautiful. The first picture reminds me of the Ice King in Game of Thrones.
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Ha ha, I had to look that up since I haven’t watched that show… yes it does have a lot of similarities! 😂
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JoAnn, you have captured the beauty of the flower so beautifully!!
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Thank you so much! 🌞🌺
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Beautiful, and my favorite color, the kind of flower I would like. I live in SW FL and wonder if our climate would be suitable. This looks like a flower that likes a lot of water. Have a great day, JoAnn! 🙂
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These are a beautiful color… red is my favorite so I’m partial to those shades. These flowers seem to grow in abundance here in Central Florida so I’m certain they would grow where you are 🌺🌞
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