"Look it up through Google and see if you can find other photos of the species and see how yours compares in flower count, habit of inflorescence and size. If you do not actually have the species, it is possibly very close to it as an offspring."
Bob,
Sometimes you have to ask questions to totally eliminate the suspicion that a plant may be the species. There is heavy insigne influence in this flower, but the spike habit as shown, I will agree, indicates that it probably is not a pure insigne but a hybrid. I suspect the leaves are too thick too, that is why I asked the questions I did. That said, not all insignes have 5' upright spikes if grown in less than ideal conditions, but the thin leaves are an identifier for this species. A photo of the plant itself would help.
Hey, we can't be right all the time but I felt this flower needed to have some questions asked of the owner to help him gain more knowledge on the species and its influence on hybrids. I suspect there is also an influence of two other species in this flower. Anyone care to make a guess - Bob? Roy?
CL
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