Sunday, February 22, 2015
Bombastic
This tree, yes it IS a tree, was taken on the grounds of the Ringling Brothers Circus Museums and gardens now owned by Florida State University. You can easily spend 3 days here, but we squeezed in a day and a half. The tree below is called Bombax Ceiba, a red cotton tree from Nepal. Oddly there was not a strong fragrance from the flowers, but I did not get my nose too close since each blossom was filled with bees.
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Beautiful images, all of them RED.
ReplyDeleteAmazing - it looks like the kind of blossoms you get in a bouquet rather than find growing on a tree!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. A day and a half at the museum? I hope photos were allowed indoors...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers and interesting buds too.
ReplyDeleteah we have been there...and to the mansion...when we lived in florida...a beautiful bit of color on a very cool day....
ReplyDeletethat flower is very bright and flashy. No wonder you need three days for a tour.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful sight!
ReplyDeleteeach blossom is like a fireworks bloom
ReplyDeletethose tropical trees are always so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteSuch lovely blossoms and so many of them on one tree. I would imagine that gardeners would be interested in growing this tree on their property -- that is if they lived in the right growing zone for it. -- barbara
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers! Don't flowers just make all of us happy? We should have them in our lives every single day.
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