What Am I?
Hmmm, Interesting! A hair brush?
Any Clue?
Getting warmer yet?
Getting Closer?
Warmer still?
Ta Da!
There you go – complete with little Mr Spaghetti Legs, who just happened to be sauntering by when I took the photo. The tree does not usually have these large yellow brushes on it; just once a year in Spring.
What is it? Well, I call it a Silver Oak, though I have been assured by someone that it is not! However, according to google, I’m right! It is an Australian Silver Oak, also known as a Southern Silky Oak, scientific name, Grevillea Robusta.
post script: The answer to Wednesday’s movie trivia:-
“Ding Dong! The bells are gonna chime” is from the song “Get me to the church on time”, composed by Frederick Loewe, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. Performed by Stanley Holloway, playing Alfred P. Doolittle, a dustman, and Eliza Doolittle’s father, in the musical “My Fair Lady” 1956.
Thank you to all who participated. Mistermuse gave the most complete answer, while Quiall and Ladysighs also knew the song and movie. Points all round!
Mad Cap Dog 
What a beautiful tree!
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It does stand out 🙂
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i think we might have the perfect spot for you and i and our tea over muffins 🙂
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haha For sure 🙂
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Grevillea Robusta survived our fire earlier this year. Of course it looks like a tree on a stick now but I couldn’t remove it.
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Anything that survives a fire deserves a second chance 🙂 Hopefully it will fill out again in time 🙂
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Beautiful tree. Mr. Spaghetti Legs must keep it well watered – ha ha ha.
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haha Good one! 🙂
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Yes, I’m Australian and I was going to say it looks a bit like a Bottlebrush or a Banksia.
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Well spotted 🙂 We also get some smaller red bottle brush trees, quite striking. 🙂
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The form of it looks a bit like sea corals…interesting looking!
Mr Spaghetti Legs knows how to be a center of attention and he looks so cute in that pic 😉
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hehe Yes – he does have a knack for getting in the photo 🙂
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I thought it looked like the loops of a shag rug when I first saw it. No points for me. 😦
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haha I give you lots of points for the unique thought 🙂
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Some label it unique goofiness but thought is good too. 🙂
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haha 🙂
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Bummer. I missed Wednesday’s post. . How did that happen? Oh well.
What a gorgeous tree! Love those blooms! Hi Mr. SL 😀
Anywho! Yes, this may have a common name of silver oak, however its not related to true oaks which are ‘quercus’ not ‘grevillea’. I use Latin terms a lot, as you can see how common names can get confusing at times.
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No worries! I have missed several of yours as I’m not online much these days. My daughter got married – hence the Ding Dong trivia 🙂
Absolutely need to go to the scientific name for plants, and animals! Tho I did know it is not actually an oak, cos I have one a few metres away from it 🙂
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Strange blossoms,look exactly like brushes except they grow on tree !!
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I know! And so weird, they seem to suddenly appear 🙂
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do they grow green and then change colors ?
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I can’t say – cos I only notice them when they are already yellow brushes!! Sorry! 🙂
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Its hard to ignore such a big bunch,I think it may be the color thing..but they look better as yellow brushes,are they silky soft ?
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Agh! I don;t know cos I didn’t touch them! Not sure if they’re still there (I prepared this post ages ago before my daughter came to visit!) – I’ll have to get back to you on this 😀
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