| Positive | Monocromatico | On May 10, 2004, Monocromatico from Rio de Janeiro
Brazil (Zone 11) wrote:This is a pretty looking tree from Asia, with low and spreading branches, with large, round and light green leaves, providing great shade, not to mention the pretty sight of seeing the light passing through the leaves, making it glow from below.
The flowers are the strangest things. Hanging from a pendant peduncle, these big flowers have 3 long, wavy, and extremely colorful petals - dark red with random pale yellow spots, and a cream stripe in the middle that gets broader as it aproaches the center. In the middle there are 3 white petals, joined together through their margins, forming a cupule. This cupule has openings between the petals, right on the base, where insects go in and out. This "entrance" is marked with yellow callousities. Inside the cupule, the petals are pretty: pale yellow with leopard-like, circular red spots. The stamens are reduced and form a dense mass around the green ovarium. I don´t know about the fruits.
This is a tree that you can just sit under its shadow and relax looking at the leaves. Alternatively, you can just stay there and be amazed at such wonderful flowers. |
4 members have or want this plant for trade.
