Name this perennial… found in New Zealand

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June 7, 2013 at 5:17 pm #154876

Andrew Spiering
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Can you ID this perennial just from the flower? Go.

June 12, 2013 at 11:25 pm #154886

Trace One
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tough one, Andrew! I give!

June 13, 2013 at 10:41 am #154885

Rob Halpern
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Yeah, all I can get is that it appears to be in Liliaceae

June 13, 2013 at 3:37 pm #154884

Rob Halpern
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No telling without a sense of size. Rather like a liriope in many ways, but the colors are off

June 13, 2013 at 7:32 pm #154883

Andrew Spiering
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Haha… ya. This was a tough one. Maybe this will help…

June 13, 2013 at 8:38 pm #154882

Andrew Spiering
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Flower above was taken from the plant below…

June 13, 2013 at 9:14 pm #154881

Rob Halpern
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Cordyline.

My second and final try

June 14, 2013 at 12:11 am #154880

Andrew Spiering
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Boom! Winner winner! Congratulations, Rob!

June 14, 2013 at 12:14 am #154879

Andrew Spiering
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Answer: Cordyline – Festival Burgundy Cordyline (I believe to be exact)

It could easily be mistaken for a juvenile Phormium ‘Bronze’ or ‘Atropurpureum’, but the flower is the give away that it is Cordyline. Check out the comparison:

Phorium Flower

Cordyline Flower

June 14, 2013 at 2:44 pm #154878

Rob Halpern
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OK, so a really really big tropical Liriope

June 14, 2013 at 10:15 pm #154877

Andrew Spiering
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Hahaha… yep… with a maroon/red blade.
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