The weed

This is the craziest weed I have ever seen...it is also HUGE...it started to bloom about 3 weeks ago, and I've been waiting for the middle (main) flower to bloom this whole time...but, it never did...so, I snapped this one today as the side flowers bloomed...

T1i, 24-70mm f2.8L...pic: 1/800, ISO200, f2.8...