October 11, 2014 · 7:42 pm
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Bloomin’ Dismal Swamp

Someone once told me the name of the tree that erupts with these vivid blossoms every spring, but the information has vanished from my hard drive (aka brain). Once the blossoms are spent, then the tree allows leaves to appear.

I really like the contrast of the yellow blossoms with the cloudless blue sky.

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Does anyone recognise this tree and its blooms?

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  1. Phil Taylor
    October 12, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    I can’t help with the name of the tree, but those are beautiful pictures.

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    • Yvonne
      October 13, 2014 at 6:52 am

      Thank you, Phil. They were taken with the phone camera. Some days, it does a good job. Oh, and Melissa identified it as something I can’t quite pronounce! (See below for her comment.)

      PS Thanks to you, I’m now reading Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes.

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  2. The Wanderlust Gene
    October 12, 2014 at 9:37 am

    Yes, Mlissa’s right: it’s a Tabebuia – originally from South America and absolutely glorious against our deep Spring sky, isn’ t it? We had one in our garden and it was one of the joys of my life … until it was time to rake up all those huge dangling seed pods!

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  5. mvaden1948
    October 12, 2014 at 12:59 am

    We have a lot of trees here that put out lovely blooms which drop and then the leaves appear in the spring. Of course since I’m in the “other” hemisphere those leaves are falling now.
    Lovely pics! Don’t have a clue what it is but I like it.

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  6. Danielle
    October 12, 2014 at 12:11 am

    C’est vraiment très beau !
    Les photos sont du printemps ou de maintenant ?
    Je pose cette question car ici en Provence mon arbre de Judée a refleuri !
    à bientôt
    Danielle

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  7. Andrew Hall
    October 12, 2014 at 12:09 am

    Looks a bit like Kerria Japonica.

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  8. Melissa
    October 11, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    Haha, I think I need to change occupations!!

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    • Yvonne
      October 12, 2014 at 6:49 am

      Yes, you’re the mystery blossom identifier recently, Melissa. Just a sec while I follow one of those links, to see if you get the Golden Thumb award.

      Yessirree, the photos show it to be Tabebuia chrystotricha! Thank you for that, Melissa.

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  10. Andrew
    October 11, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    We need a botanist or an arborealist. Sadly I am neither but I know a good pic when I see one.

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    • Yvonne
      October 12, 2014 at 6:50 am

      Well, Melissa, who is a fellow Queenslander, has done the hard work for us, Andrew.

      I’ll tell my Samsung phone camera that it has won praise from a fellow who really does take good photos!

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  12. Russel Ray Photos
    October 11, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    What you describe is well-known in many tree species but particularly Erythrina. The flowers look wrong for Erythrina, though, although I can’t tell for sure without a good close-up of the flowers. For best plant ID, get a picture of the whole tree, an individual branch, an individual leaf, and an individual flower.

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  13. gerard oosterman
    October 11, 2014 at 8:04 pm

    I don’t know. They are not tulips.

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