Looks like Crocosmia. Used to be called Monbretia. http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cr...&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1272&bih=501
Might be what I saw outside Jedediah Smith redwoods park, and what someone took a photo of on Bald Hills Road above Redwood National Park. Sure makes a fine photograph though.
looks like it Mr. Vaden, but omg what did you do to get that pic? some special kind of filter, or lighting?