The Exotic.....

The exotic flowers of my giant bird of paradise are simply stunning this year as unlike previous years there is a group of flowers instead of just one lone bloom.

The flowers are oozing nectar which is dripping onto the leaves below leaving a tasty trail for the ants.  The blooms are very birdlike in appearance and utterly spectacular. 

These plants have always bloomed very high up so am not certain if they have a scent, from beneath I could not make out a perfume wafting in the air. 

I am yet to see any birds feeding on the flowers, but the bees and ants were certainly busy feeding on the abundance of nectar on offer.....