Strelitzias

...Also called Bird of Paradise flowers, are truly spectacular, all flamboyant spikes and flames! But when they wither, they just look crazy and angry-mean. And they're huge too.

They've become a skeleton posse in our dining room. I have to go in and get rid of them, and I'm in the house all by myself. Even the cats won't go near them. Fortunately the cleaner is coming in this afternoon, so if anything happens to me, at least she can clean up the remains...