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Tree ID help wanted

13 years ago

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)

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Comments (3)

piranhafem
13 years ago
Wild guess: could it be a plumeria??

--Maureen
lazy_gardens
13 years ago
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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xica_da_silva
Original Author
13 years ago
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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