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Kees Jan

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Tenerife questions
« 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...

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Re: Tenerife questions
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2010, 05:47:35 PM »
Erythrostemon gilliesii (aka Caesalpinia).
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Re: Tenerife questions
« Reply #2 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
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Re: Tenerife questions
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2010, 06:37:31 PM »
Thanks! :)
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Re: Tenerife questions
« Reply #4 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.
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Alberto Castillo, in south America, near buenos Aires, Argentina.
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