Fireflower

The spectacular red-flowering gum is a popular small Australian native tree. Typical of its species, it displays lance-shaped leaves and has bright, fiery red, fringed flowers consisting of hundreds of yellow-tipped stamens emanating from a cone-like bud.

Re-created in perfect detail using stumpwork techniques, this magnificent spray shows the flowers in various stages of opening, accompanied by a hungry bee, waiting for a rich meal of pollen.