Brent Stephenson / North Island saddleback (Philesturnus rufusater) male feeds on the nectar from New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) flowers. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, November.

Colin Monteath / New Zealand Flax (Phormium sp) along shore near Okarito, New Zealand

Colin Monteath / Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis), New Zealand Flax (Phormium sp), and Kahikatea Tree (Podocarpus dacrydioides) forest along river, Okarito, New Zealand

Grant Stirling / New Zealand Flax (Phormium sp) flower, New Zealand

Adrian Davies / New Zealand Hemp (Phormium tenax) naturalised on Achill Island, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland