Interesting flower's by pesu

Monteriggioni - Italy Help please: Does anyone know the name? Is it a celosia?

Uploaded: Sep, 13 2009 | Taken: Sep, 05 2009| Viewed: 32 times  | 4 votes Camera: Panasonic | Model: DMC-TZ5 | Exposure 10/5000s, ISO 100 | FLength: 5mm | SW: Ver.1.0

jacko1 - Sep, 13 2009 06:09pm Sorry Petra, it looks like a colourful 'alien' to me:-). caribcolors - Sep, 13 2009 07:09pm Great flower and colours!!!!! carnavalet - Sep, 14 2009 10:09am Petra, i've seen this flower in my friend's garden. We call it because of the shape "Bunga Jengger Ayam" here, direct translation is chickencomb flower pesu - Sep, 14 2009 05:09pm Ria, yes, I think they are called 'Hahnenkammblume' here, too. :) aufgehts - Sep, 16 2009 08:09pm Yes Petra, that's celosia. We've got lots of varieties of it here, too.