Surprised there are no people around; it's only about 10:30 on a Summer evening.

Can almost smell them.

Fab plants aren't they. Nice mix of red and yellow versions, and that background apricot bougainvillea(?)looks very nice too.

That's a gnarled old trunk - ripper twisted texture.

Lovely flower; perhaps pull the highlights back a tad?

I want one!

Ripper. Love the pop to the flowers.

So he arrived before or after your SoCal trip? My recollection was that he was due before, but means no-one home to care for him or ... sorry, mind slightly frazzled from the 500km+ drive today. Any short listed names and how has he been received by the rest of the family?

I prefer the previous one for the more informed sense of scale and the impishness that I sense goes with it.

lol, how on earth? Is there a ladder out of frame? Adorable.