You can't fool me, MM.
That's a bit of coral with a bug in it!!

Now that you mention it Annie it does look like coral too.
Isn't is amazing how some people can see different things in shapes.
Wonderful imagination you have but sorry its not coral..... Cheers....MM.

a bromeliad of some sort.
Tony

Yes but what Tony !!!

mutter! mutter! it still looks like coral to me! mutter! mutter!

Some type of Guzmania

even though it looks like coral.
Heather

Achmea recurvata
Heather

Hi Heather.... No sorry it is not either of them.

Though our friend Tony from Oz said on one website

""In my area this is an old favorite, sometimes found as large clumps in old, neglected gardens..""

Come on Qld friends, its the same here it grows like a weed pretty as it is...Cheers...MM.

Is it a Bromeliad Bilbergia Pyramidalis
and it really does look like coral to me as well

Yes it is Bev !! Well Done !!
I was surprised to find this pink one amongst the red I have no idea where it came from.
As I started off with three red ones and now have so many I give heaps away and still plenty left..
Your turn now .....Cheers MM.
The Pink:::
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The Red:::
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I have the red one as well never saw the pink before but very nice