A photo of the flowering spike of a harakeke, NZ flax. The flax has long thin green leaves (over a metre long) and above it towers a spike about 2 metres tall from which tubular red flowers are emerging. My full-resolution photo is at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/295637509
A another photo of the flowering spike of a harakeke, NZ flax. The flax has long thin green leaves (over a metre long) and above it towers a spike about 2 metres tall from which tubular red flowers are emerging. My full-resolution photo is at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/295637509
A photo of the flowering spikes of a patch of harakeke, NZ flax. The flax has long thin green leaves (over a metre long) and above it towers a spike about 2 metres tall from which tubular red flowers are emerging. This photo is wider than the other two and shows a park fence and house roof in the background. My full-resolution photo is at https://inaturalist.nz/observations/295637509
Here's another addition to my list of "nature doing weird things in 2025".
This is a harakeke, Phormium tenax, one of the NZ flax species. I found it in flower on Friday. It's not supposed to be doing that. I have never seen a harakeke flowering in July before […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
