macro flowers: Cockscomb

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Cockscomb flowers are also known as Wool Flowers or Brain Celosia, suggestive of a highly colored brain. The flowers belong to the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Cockscomb bloom with a compacted crested head 2-5 inches across, on leafy stems that are 12-28 inches long. The flower's name is suggestive of a rooster's comb. Cockscomb Flower blooms from late summer through late fall. The Celosia plant is an annual dicotyledon.

This is a flower of my youth. My grand dad used to grow them. In Chinese, we called them Kai Kuan Fa.

I saw this patch at the Sandringham village.