Plumes of the "Plume Poppy Tree". aka Bocconia.

No..not many in yards for sure. These Klahanie were part of that Craig Breedlove I think his name is? Who collected many of the Mexican cloud forest plants for the local bay area Botanical Gardens back in the 80's. This is probably a seed descendent of that era.

Yes. In fact I have a Deppea splendens in my backyard. It was found by Craig from just one hillside in Mexico. That hillside was cleared and burned illegally for cattle or corn,something, years go.
Now none are found in the wild. But I have one!

Ha!, I got his name confused with the world famous driver of what was the fast "car" ever built. Jet powered. I was into cars as a kid. Models and magazines. Now? I love the car that never breaks down Toyotas. lol.

It looks awesome!

Another fine specimen, thanks for the interesting info too, Stan!