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The extravagant flowers of the Poinciana Tree, or Flamboyant, are almost unbelievable. This is a tropical tree, one that I associate very strongly with my childhood in Congo. They really don't have a scent, and yet when I was standing under the tree today, I caught a whiff of Africa in the late afternoon sun.
Because it is a tropical tree, the examples you see here on South Padre Island are quite small. The trees of my childhood would get 20 feet tall at least, and a beautiful umbrella shape. The ones here are perhaps 10 feet tall.
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Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America.
I used to pass this jacaranda tree on the way to work every day and I still look forward to seeing it in all its magnificence every Spring; ODT
Judy Istock Butterfly Haven - Chicago
Get up close to more than 75 species of exotic butterflies and stunning bird species from the Southern hemisphere in a 2,700 square-foot greenhouse filled with pools of water, flowers, tropical trees and 1,000 butterflies, including those never-before-seen in our region.
Progress/update on my plumeria cutting(s): new growth continues! Some of the leaves on the larger cutting were bigger than my hand! Inflos, or flower stalks, were growing on both as well. Keep on growing, guys! Spring was really in the air...
More about plumerias:
Plumerias are tropical trees and are famous for their beautiful flowers which are used to make leis (flower garlands). In regions with colder climates, plumerias can be grown in containers and brought indoors during the winter months. Plumerias have thick stems, leathery leaves, and an abundance of flowers from early summer until fall. In the tropics, some varieties can even grow to a height of over 30 feet! The plumeria's waxy, 2-4-inch flowers are very fragrant. Flower colors include pink, red, white, and yellow. Plumerias are commonly planted in containers and make excellent cut flowers. At this point, my cuttings were making nice progress with inflos visibly growing out of both. I'm so excited!
(As of Thursday morning, March 24, 2016)
A thrilling series zip-lines give you the optimum perspective to marvel at this stunning tropical setting as you effortlessly traverse through huge tropical trees, amongst wild orchids and a diversity of native birds and reptiles.
Photograph of Jesse L. Taylor in uniform, standing with his arms behind his back. He has a slight moustache. There is a tree trunk to his left, and a tent behind him. Tropical trees in the background.
From Jesse L. Taylor and Joney E. Taylor Military Papers, WWII 278, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
I would hope all of the Hāpu‘u I was able to see at Volcanoes are the endemic Hāpu‘u pulu ‘i‘i (Hawaiian tree fern), and they certainly are there, but that may be wishful thinking, and I don't know enough about the differences. Clearly, the fern in this shot, and the ones before and after, were all remarkably different.
From www.answers.com/topic/cibotium-: Cibotium is a genus of eleven species of tropical tree fern—subject to much confusion and revision—distributed fairly narrowly in Hawai‘i (four species are endemic, plus a hybrid), but Cibotium are also found in Southeast Asia (five species), and the cloud forests of Central America and Mexico (two species).
Walking through the dense tropical trees and woodlands surrounding Hula, an important coastal village on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, we are surprised by this group of happy children who seemed come from nowhere to burst onto this sun-filled clearing. I used this image as the basis for an oil painting, my wife's favourite. In order to 'guarantee' it stayed in the family, I put a high price on it when I showed it at a Rabaul (East New Britain) Art Exhibition.
Obviously the price was not sufficiently high because it sold! And I've never been able to even try to paint another one..
Red Seeds on Tropical Tree
Tropical Plants and trees growing at Jungle Island Miami Florida.
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About Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Tortuguero, Costa Rica, which can be translated as Land of Turtles, is a village on the Northern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in the Limón Province. It gave its name to the neighboring Tortuguero National Park. The village is situated on a sand bar island, separated from the mainland by Tortuguero River and bordering the Caribbean Sea. Tortuguero is renowned for its navigable canals that run through the rainforest in the national park, and has such earned the nickname of 'Central America's Amazon'.
The beaches around Tortuguero are key nesting sites for four species of sea turtle, including two critically endangered species. The National Park is also host to an incredible biodiversity of insects, resident and migratory birds, and mammals, including jaguar and four species of monkey.
From the main gate surrounded by an external tropical garden, a large path slope down to the round about where 4 covered car parks are surrounding the main entrance of Villa Emerald River. On the right side, a hill planted with tropical trees and the temple are providing a high privacy. On the left a large pound decorated with lotus and bamboo gives the feeling of the best of Bali.
Heliconia bihai – Macaw Flower sometimes called Fire-bird found in the North Garden area of the Como conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota.The North Garden is the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory’s living grocery, pharmacy and building supply store. Here you’ll find papaya, pomegranate, fig, mahogany and chocolate, along with many other plants that have a direct influence on human life. Because natural pollinators like bees and bats aren’t present here, some of these tropical trees must be pollinated by hand to coax them into producing fruit.
One of my favorite showy plants. Erythrina flabelliformis, is a member of a worldwide group of sub-tropical to tropical trees and shrubs. Its range extends north from Mexico just into the United States in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. They are found in a narrow band between the heat and aridity of the upper Sonoran desert, and the cold and frost of the oak woodlands. Coral bean stems do not grow very tall, usually freezing back to the height of the surrounding rocks in winter as shown in this shot. Farther south in Mexico where frosts do not occur, the plants grow into small trees up to 15 ft. tall. The bright red seeds, (hence the name "coral bean"), are very toxic. The active alkaloid is closely related to curare, used to make poison arrows and darts in South America.
Yay, my plumeria cutting/plant was coming out of dormancy! New leaves were already sprouting from the tips. I was giving it a sip of water at this time. Since the leaves are still quite young and small, I was still avoiding going overboard with the watering. I can't wait to see this plumeria in action once again come summertime!
A bit more about plumerias:
Plumerias are tropical trees and are famous for their beautiful flowers which are used to make leis (flower garlands). In regions with colder climates, plumerias are grown in containers and brought indoors during the cold, winter months. In the tropics, some varieties can grow to a height of over 30 feet! The plumeria's waxy, 2-4-inch flowers are very fragrant. Flower colors include pink, red, white, and yellow. I planted my plumeria cutting(s) back in January 7, 2016. I have another smaller cutting (with one leaf already sprouted as well). Can't believe that my plumeria cuttings were already over a year old!
(As of Tuesday afternoon, January 31, 2017)
From our trip two years ago actually, but since I'm uploading FG pics and updating the album I wanted to add some more that I should have posted but didn't. This one was taken by Tom.....
"Flamingo Gardens is a 60 acre Botanical Garden and Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary. The Flamingo Gardens botanical gardens in Fort Lauderdale, (Davie) Florida, features over 3000 species of rare & exotic, tropical, subtropical, and native plants and trees. Flamingo Gardens wildlife sanctuary is home to the largest collection of Florida native wildlife including alligators, bobcats, eagles, otters, panthers, peacock, and of course, flamingos!
"Established in 1927, Flamingo Gardens is one of the oldest botanical gardens and attractions in South Florida. Originally founded by Floyd L. and Jane Wray as an orange grove, the nonprofit botanical gardens is home to 18 “Champion” trees, the largest trees of their species, including the largest tree in Florida. Specialized botanical gardens, including a Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden, Croton Garden, and Bromeliad Garden dot the main Arboretum."
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. It is also known as jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, or as the fern tree. Older sources give it the systematic name Jacaranda acutifolia, but it is nowadays more usually classified as Jacaranda mimosifolia. In scientific usage, the name "Jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda, which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always means the blue jacaranda.
-Wikipedia
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Photos taken at San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine, CA on May 22, 2016.
(Kigelia africana), tropical tree, the only species of its genus (family Bignoniaceae). It grows 6 to 12 metres (20 to 40 feet) tall and bears sausagelike fruits, 30 to 60 cm (1 to 2 feet) long, which hang down on long, cordlike stalks. It is native to Africa.
The tree’s flowers, about 10 cm (4 inches) wide, are purplish green in colour and are slightly irregular in shape or bent to one side. They are produced on old wood and so hang that they can be easily visited by bats, the principal pollinators. The flowers do not bloom until nightfall, when they emit a mouselike odour, and bats visit them for nectar and pollen. By morning the flowers have fallen.
Tropical Tree Tops and Sunshine - Hawaii - Image 624
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Briefly, I thought it might be whale baleen, before deciding it was discarded layers of tropical tree fern, or similar...
Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, near Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Amherstia nobilis (Burmese: သော်ကကြီး [θɔ̀ka̰ dʑí) ... the Pride of Burma, is a tropical tree in the family Fabaceae.
It is the only member of the genus Amherstia.
It is widely cultivated as an ornamental in the humid tropics, but is very rare in the wild and has only been collected from its native habitat a few times. It is native to Burma (Myanmar), hence the common name. The scientific name commemorates Lady Amherst, and also her daughter Sarah.
Lady Sarah Amherst (1762–1838) was a British naturalist and botanist who lived in India. She identified several species which were named after her, including a species of pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) and a flowering tree (Amherstia nobilis).
Lady Sarah Elizabeth Hay-Williams (née Amherst) (1801 – 1876) was an English artist and botanical illustrator. She was born to Sarah Amherst and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst. She travelled with her parents to India and while there completed several watercolour paintings now held in the collection of the British Library.
The leguminous tree Amherstia nobilis is named by Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich in honour of her and her mother Lady Sarah Amherst.
Pure holidayparadise! Warm blue seas, warm weather and some tropical trees above the beach. My sister and I sure have enjoyed it.
My larger plumeria cutting is so lush with leaves, along with a flower stalk now. Almost time for it to bloom!
Plumerias are tropical trees and are famous for their beautiful flowers which are used to make leis (flower garlands). In regions with cold winters, plumerias can be grown in containers and brought indoors during the winter months. Plumerias have thick stems, leathery leaves, and an abundance of flowers from early summer until fall. In the tropics, some varieties can grow to a height of over 30 feet! Plumeria's waxy, 2-4-inch flowers are very fragrant. Flower colors include pink, red, white, and yellow. Plumerias are commonly planted in containers and make excellent cut flowers. I planted my plumeria cuttings back in January 7, 2016. At this point, I think my larger plumeria cutting was going to have golden or yellow flowers!
(As of Tuesday evening, April 26, 2016; 7:29 p.m.)