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Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Flowering in March 09, 1 by gardengal

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gardengal wrote:
The stalks that disappear are simply 'whiskers' that serve no purpose other than to make the plant look spectacular Brian. You're quite correct about the bracts.

I didn't have a decent closeup of the flowers on the black one, so had to make do with the white one, but the flowers themselves are pretty much the same.