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Uploaded: 04/22/16 10:11 PM GMT
Shrimp Plant
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No one else has entered our current contest of "Weird Vegetation" yet so I'm jumping in with this. It's one of the strangest flowers I've seen. The actual flower is the droopy white part. Shrimp plant gets its common name from the arching 3- to 4-inch spikes of overlapping bracts that cover this plant nearly year-round. The showy bracts range from reddish-brown to coppery pink to golden yellow. The small, white flowers that appear at the end of the bracts are insignificant and last only a short time. Its origin is Mexico, Honduras and Central America. It is from the Acanthus family. (research from various sources)

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::Ramad
04/22/16 10:45 PM GMT
It is truly a somewhat weird plant Kathy. Good colors on thhem Makes a good entry for the contest.
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::tigger3
04/22/16 11:01 PM GMT
I don't think I have seen this one, and I certainly think it will be a good one for the contest. tigs=^..^=
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.snapshooter87
04/22/16 11:20 PM GMT
Nice find, Kathy.
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::biffobear
04/23/16 5:23 PM GMT
Love these pastel shades..R.
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.Tomeast
04/24/16 10:19 PM GMT
Terrific photo !
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::luckyshot
04/27/16 1:29 AM GMT
Kathy - I saw a plant like this last year and had no clue of its name. Unusual as it is, it is one to remember. Excellent photo!
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::Constance52347
04/28/16 9:52 PM GMT
A wonderful photo of a very strange plant!
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::Ramad
05/06/16 8:58 AM GMT
Congrats on your second place in the contest Kathy.
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::mirto56
05/06/16 3:12 PM GMT
Congrats to you for 2nd place, Kathy!
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::jerseygurl
05/06/16 4:53 PM GMT
Congrats on taking 2nd place in the contest Kathy - Well Deserved!!!!
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.rvdb
05/06/16 7:34 PM GMT
Congrats on your win.

Rob
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::Constance52347
05/06/16 10:32 PM GMT
Congrats on second place win!
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