I noticed this last weekend, and took a photo. It was growing in a patch of “jungle” out the front of the house, I am glad I took a photo as 2 days later it was gone, someone had taken the whole flower! It hadnt died, but was completely gone.
Given the name of the company I work for I hope it wasn’t an omen.
We have never planted anything in this patch of dirt – it seems to be just weed and creeper and this flower just popped up, never seen it before!

Hi John,
I was cleaning out some old files and found letters from my friend John Ralston who worked at Mercury Communications a long time ago (~1991). Are you that John Ralston?
Kimberly & Todd