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tulip trees?
I've seen these "tulip trees" in both Hawaii and Mexico in the winter
months. They have orange upright tulip-like flowers above the leaf canopy. Searching the net for tulip trees brings up a U.S. tree with yellow flowers related to the magnolia family. These are much different than the Mexican/Hawaiian tree. Can any one help with a name or genus for this tropical version? Jim O'Connell |
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:55:22 -0600, James OConnell
wrote: I've seen these "tulip trees" in both Hawaii and Mexico in the winter months. They have orange upright tulip-like flowers above the leaf canopy. Searching the net for tulip trees brings up a U.S. tree with yellow flowers related to the magnolia family. These are much different than the Mexican/Hawaiian tree. Can any one help with a name or genus for this tropical version? Jim O'Connell Jim, I think this may be it: Spathodea campanulata, African tulip tree. Large tree from tropical Africa with large flowers and pinnately compound, opposite leaves that are prevalent in the family. Winged seeds like those in the third photo also commonly occur in species of the family that have dehiscent fruit. For pictures of it go to: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty...th/spa_cam.htm Cheers, Ann To email: replace 'REMOVE' with 'b' in email address. |
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:55:22 -0600, James OConnell
wrote: I've seen these "tulip trees" in both Hawaii and Mexico in the winter months. They have orange upright tulip-like flowers above the leaf canopy. Searching the net for tulip trees brings up a U.S. tree with yellow flowers related to the magnolia family. These are much different than the Mexican/Hawaiian tree. Can any one help with a name or genus for this tropical version? Jim O'Connell Jim, I think this may be it: Spathodea campanulata, African tulip tree. Large tree from tropical Africa with large flowers and pinnately compound, opposite leaves that are prevalent in the family. Winged seeds like those in the third photo also commonly occur in species of the family that have dehiscent fruit. For pictures of it go to: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty...th/spa_cam.htm Cheers, Ann To email: replace 'REMOVE' with 'b' in email address. |
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On 12/01/2004 6:55 PM James OConnell while holding "tha lizard", exclaimed:
I've seen these "tulip trees" in both Hawaii and Mexico in the winter months. They have orange upright tulip-like flowers above the leaf canopy. Searching the net for tulip trees brings up a U.S. tree with yellow flowers related to the magnolia family. These are much different than the Mexican/Hawaiian tree. Can any one help with a name or genus for this tropical version? Jim O'Connell You might try contacting Rupert Evans, Arborist at Butchart Gardens, Victoria British Columbia. The horticultural staff is very busy but will answer questions regarding the gardens and help you identify a plant even if they don't grow it in the garden. You might also try locally seeking out information services from a state or university agricultural extension. Also, have you tried these key words in Google "tulip tree" + "mexico" +"horticulture" without quotes? If the results don't give you what you want to know, try changing the sequence of the keywords or surrounding them all in quotes: "Mexico horticulture tulip tree" or "Mexico Trees Identification". -- ________ To email me, Edit "xt" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 |
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