Kangaroo Paw

A bit of a quiet one today after the excitement of yesterday. We are babysitting some Kangaroo Paw plants for a friend until the weekend when he will be giving the plants as a surprise present. Made a good candidate for a very colourful blip and would not mind having them growing in our garden.

Kangaroo paw is a common name for a number of species, in two genera of the family Haemodoraceae, that are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. These perennial plants are noted for their unique shape and bird attracting flowers.

The tubular flowers are coated with dense hairs and open at the apex with six claw-like structures. It is from this paw formation the common name "Kangaroo Paw" is derived.

Definitely needs to be seen in LARGE.

I have now added that wisteria arch in my blipfolio from Sunday's cottage garden.