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.




11 comments:

  1. Beautiful images, all of them RED.

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  2. Amazing - it looks like the kind of blossoms you get in a bouquet rather than find growing on a tree!

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  3. So pretty. A day and a half at the museum? I hope photos were allowed indoors...

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  4. Beautiful flowers and interesting buds too.

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  5. ah we have been there...and to the mansion...when we lived in florida...a beautiful bit of color on a very cool day....

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  6. that flower is very bright and flashy. No wonder you need three days for a tour.

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  7. A beautiful sight!

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  8. each blossom is like a fireworks bloom

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  9. those tropical trees are always so gorgeous.

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  10. Such 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

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  11. Beautiful flowers! Don't flowers just make all of us happy? We should have them in our lives every single day.

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