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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Kees Jan on December 06, 2010, 05:07:22 PM

Title: Tenerife questions
Post by: Kees Jan on December 06, 2010, 05:07:22 PM

Could anyone tell me which species this is? It's a very showy non-native plant photographed in Tenerife...

Title: Re: Tenerife questions
Post by: Giles on December 06, 2010, 05:47:35 PM

Erythrostemon gilliesii (aka Caesalpinia).

Title: Re: Tenerife questions
Post by: TheOnionMan on December 06, 2010, 06:17:45 PM

That's a beauty, love the stamens.  Here's a couple good pics:
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/04/caesalpinia_gilliesii.php

Title: Re: Tenerife questions
Post by: Kees Jan on December 06, 2010, 06:37:31 PM

Thanks! :)

Title: Re: Tenerife questions
Post by: Ezeiza on December 06, 2010, 11:40:14 PM

Actually, it is native to hot dry parts of South America. Mostly a dwarf tree with months in flower if faded flowers are removed.