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Hi all,
I'm hoping someone might id this beautiful tree that I'm pretty sure I've never seen here in AZ before (or maybe I have and this one is just exceptionally well located). Sorry, I don't have a camera (maybe for Christmas) right now but I'll try to describe as best I can: - huge, tall tree(maybe 3 stories high!) with green bark, thick canopy, star-shaped pink flowers that have 5 petals and are about the size of a small adult hand. They are blooming currently. - if you want to see a gorgeous one, there's one at Banner Desert Hospital campus right in front of the 2145 building (off of US60 and Dobson) |
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by piranhafem (My Page) on Fri, Nov 12, 10 at 20:42
| Wild guess: could it be a plumeria?? --Maureen |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ: Sunset 13 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 13, 10 at 19:25
| huge, tall tree(maybe 3 stories high!) with green bark, thick canopy, star-shaped pink flowers that have 5 petals and are about the size of a small adult hand. They are blooming currently. spiky trunk? Silk Floss tree, Chorisia speciosa, http://www.cuyamaca.edu/oh170/Plant_Thumbnails_3/Chorisia-speciosa-El- Cajon-.jpg |
Here is a link that might be useful: Chorisia
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- Posted by xica_da_silva (My Page) on Sun, Nov 14, 10 at 11:13
| Aha! That's it lazygardens...THANKS! Those flowers are unforgettable! It's too bad my yard is so small; it's a gorgeous tree...maybe even worth the large amount of litter it probably produces! Hmm...I think I may have spotted a large mature one at Baker's nursery (not for sale), too, come to think of it. Thanks, too, piranhafem, for the attempt...the plumerias are really pretty as well. :) |
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