Royal Poinciana Flower

by Paul Rebmann

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Royal Poinciana Flower

Artist

Paul Rebmann

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

Side view of a flower of the royal poinciana, also known as the flamboyant tree or flame tree.

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Bedroom Art Gallery

This tree is native only to Madagascar's dry deciduous forests and has been introduced as an ornamental in tropical and sub-tropical locations around the world. It can now be found in the Florida keys and in Florida landscapes at least as far north as the central peninsula. It is also introduced in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Related to tamarind and mimosa, royal poinciana grows to 15m (40 ft.) tall. The mimosa-like leaves are double pinnate, deciduous and 30-50 cm long. The leaves have 20-40 pairs of pinnae, each divided into 10-20 pairs of pinnules. The large flowers have four spreading spatulate-shaped petals and an upright standard. The petals are up to 8cm long and typically scarlet or reddish orange. The standard is often larger and spotted with yellow and white.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)

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July 30th, 2017

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