This just randomly came up where some lillies were planted by the previous owner. It is a beautiful red and looks like a pine cone.
I looked up pictures of the spiral cone ginger and the red hot poker, and it doesn't appear to be either one of those. It never opened up. I wish i could post a picture of it.
Glory
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Pine cone ginger lily, Shampoo Ginger? Zingiber Zerumbet
Very close to the spiral ginger...
http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/zingiber_zerumbet.htm
pondlady
If the flower looks like a pine cone and the leaves are rather long, the plant is probably a spiral cone ginger.
tegan
Could be Etlingera elatoir, or commonly known as Torch Ginger.
Anonymous
Possibly a Globe Amaranth in red.
Check out the sites below.
http://www.beautifulbotany.com/STOCK%20G-I/Gomphrena%20haageana%20%27Strawberry%20Fields%27.jpg
http://www.reneesgarden.com/seeds/seeds-hm/flowersA.htm
glenn t
red hot poker