Fascicularia bicolor

Wow - gorgeous!

wow from me as well:)

Mine still hasn't really recovered from the winter before last. I really should spend time cutting away all the dead leaves

Thanks all, mine suffered some damage in the winter A. but not as much as the year before its recoverd quite well though. :o)

Ooh ....... Pretty. Very exotic. Love it.

Nice one Ph, great shot.

Thanks all, I love these i've grown them for years, they are quite hardy but I do fleece them wthe the weather is really severe. :o)

They look like mini Puya blooms all bunched up together...........

Yes M, the flowers are very similar but the plants arnt quite as spiky. :)

Gave me the kick up the butt to get on and order my Puya seeds!

Lovely, just simply stunning. just waiting for the flowers to go blue on ours, I have had this for years and years, and nothing, then three weeks ago the leaves started to go red, will fleece ours if you think we should?

Thats great Dd :o), since mine first flowered it has done so every year except one, I fleece mine when it's really cold just to be on the safe side I would hate to lose it after all the years I've had it. Mine did survive -14 2 years ago under about 4 layers of fleece. :o)

Mine survived -8C that winter but looked poorly all last year

Yes mine looked a blt sad but I trimmed the dead tips back and it came through quite well :o)

-14 wow that was cold, we should not get those kind of temps here......I hope.

mine are sheltering under the weeds around them..after seeing all the lovely pics of it on here i have now weeded around it. thanks for reminding me they were there...lol

Well worth removing from the weeds lets hope they put on a show for you next year :o)

they do every year Plantoholic...its amazing how many plants i have rediscovered today only needed a bit of weeding...lol

I do enjoy weeding :o)))

me too...and it was a lovely day for it today..:-)