Grass tree

Day 45    February 25th
In pre pc times these were called black boys.  Now they are only Grass trees, although someone recently said they are also called Native trees. They grow wild out in the bush in some areas  I've seen them in Central and Northern Queensland and also in Western Australia.  The WA ones had bigger skirts.  They can live up to 600 years but grow very slowly, only about 1/2 an inch a year.  The flower stalk, however grows very quickly, up to an inch a day. Apparently they only flower every 2 to 3 years, but this one did last year too.  Clearing bush land is making them rare.