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What plant is this ? Really pretty flowers

BajaBlanca - 4-9-2013 at 04:12 PM

Saw this plant in the nursery on the left as you enter Loreto...anyone know what plant this flower belongs to?






Ateo - 4-9-2013 at 04:20 PM

WHat a bloom!!! I believe it is called "plantus pinkfilamento datura". JK.

jbcoug - 4-9-2013 at 04:40 PM

Ateo, I'm sure you are correct, but for scientific accuracy you should capitalize the genus and type the entire name in italics.

John

Osprey - 4-9-2013 at 05:54 PM

You're not gonna believe this but that plant/flower is a Shaving Brush Tree and is native to Mexico. Took me more than a week on the internet to learn that.

BajaBlanca - 4-9-2013 at 06:04 PM

are you pulling my leg ? you are not !!! It is incredible !! thanks !!

ateo - you are funny ! :no:

willardguy - 4-9-2013 at 06:10 PM

not to be confused with the shaving bush tree :wow:

Mexitron - 4-9-2013 at 06:24 PM

Osprey is right. Pseudobombax ellipticum is the botanical name for Shaving Brush Tree---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).

Durian

dpwahoo - 4-9-2013 at 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
Osprey is right. Pseudobombax ellipticum is the botanical name for Shaving Brush Tree---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).
Isnt Durian that real smelly one?

Ateo - 4-9-2013 at 10:09 PM

sorry jbcoug and Blanca.........I'm a fake and know nothing about plant names!!!

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

shari - 4-10-2013 at 07:07 AM

that is one crazy flower all right...kinda remided me of this bugger that scared the hell out of me one morning as I walked out on our patio...it bloomed overnight and was huge!!! kinda like fireworks going off in my planter...

durrelllrobert - 4-10-2013 at 08:47 AM

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Originally posted by willardguy
not to be confused with the shaving bush tree :wow:

I think Hillary's famous for that. :lol:

Ateo - 4-10-2013 at 09:16 AM

Here's one from my back yard:

Martyman - 4-10-2013 at 01:15 PM

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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
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Originally posted by willardguy
not to be confused with the shaving bush tree :wow:

I think Hillary's famous for that. :lol:


Don't forget that great movie...Shaving Ryans Privates

Mexitron - 4-10-2013 at 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by dpwahoo
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Originally posted by Mexitron
Osprey is right. Pseudobombax ellipticum is the botanical name for Shaving Brush Tree---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).
Isnt Durian that real smelly one?


yep, Durian is the infamous stinky smelling fruit!

BajaBlanca - 4-10-2013 at 02:29 PM

let's get more pics of different crazy wild flowers ... I like this thread !

durrelllrobert - 4-10-2013 at 07:52 PM

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Originally posted by Martyman
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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
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Originally posted by willardguy
not to be confused with the shaving bush tree :wow:

I think Hillary's famous for that. :lol:


Don't forget that great movie...Shaving Ryans Privates

But as I remember during Clinton's inaguration in 1993 Hillary raised her skirt and said "read my lips; no more Bush".:lol::lol:

[Edited on 4-11-2013 by durrelllrobert]

acadist - 4-10-2013 at 08:04 PM

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
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Originally posted by Martyman
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Originally posted by durrelllrobert
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Originally posted by willardguy
not to be confused with the shaving bush tree :wow:

I think Hillary's famous for that. :lol:


Don't forget that great movie...Shaving Ryans Privates

But as I remember during Clinton's inaguration in 1993 Hillary raised her skirt and said "read my lips; no more Bush".:lol::lol:

[Edited on 4-11-2013 by durrelllrobert]

ecomujeres - 4-10-2013 at 09:02 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).


Mexitron: Fremontodendron was moved from Sterculiaceae to Malvaceae per APG and the new 2012 Jepson Manual has it under Malvaceae... [sorry other Nomads, forgive the little bit of taxonomic banter here...].

OK Nomads, it's safe again: Wow Blanca! What a crazy plant! Love it. I'm always amazed when I learn of some new and wild Mexican [mainly mainland] native. Thanks for sharing.

Marinero - 4-12-2013 at 05:51 AM

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"Dancing Ladies"! A kind of lily I think.

Marinero - 4-12-2013 at 05:55 AM

BTW, cut a stalk off when the first flower opens and bring it inside. The remaining flowers open about one at a time and it lasts a week to ten days.
Really nice.

vandenberg - 4-12-2013 at 09:52 AM

The flower, Blanca asked about, is commonly called bottle brush here in Nopolo. Never heard shaving brush.
My neighbor has one. A prolific bloomer. The plant that is, not my neighbor.:P:saint:

Osprey - 4-12-2013 at 09:58 AM

Van, those are two very different plants and flowers. As another previous post stated it's part of the boabab and balsa family. There are several species of Bottle Brush but this ain't it.

Believe me, I asked a whole lot of sources before I found this one on the internet -- not one person in this village knew the name and there are several of the plants here. Whoever calls it bottle brush is mistaken.

vandenberg - 4-12-2013 at 12:41 PM

You're right Jorge. Totally different plant. One native to Ausralia and the other (the one in question) native to Mexico and central America.
Lots of inf. on Google.

Mexitron - 4-12-2013 at 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).


Mexitron: Fremontodendron was moved from Sterculiaceae to Malvaceae per APG and the new 2012 Jepson Manual has it under Malvaceae... [sorry other Nomads, forgive the little bit of taxonomic banter here...].

OK Nomads, it's safe again: Wow Blanca! What a crazy plant! Love it. I'm always amazed when I learn of some new and wild Mexican [mainly mainland] native. Thanks for sharing.


Thanks, I knew they were playing with that...and it does make more sense!

BajaBlanca - 7-2-2013 at 11:02 AM

Ed Vandenberg Can you ask your neighbor for a cutting of that shaving brush plant? It is so beautiful. Then we have to get it down here! BTW. We drove thru Nopolo once and the landscaping is truly a thing of beauty? Must be a pleasure to take a walk down the street. ( when it's not too hot, of course!)

Marinero - 7-2-2013 at 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by shari
that is one crazy flower all right...kinda remided me of this bugger that scared the hell out of me one morning as I walked out on our patio...it bloomed overnight and was huge!!! kinda like fireworks going off in my planter...



This is a Dancing Lady(ies) Lily. Cut it when it first opens and bring it inside. You get about a week or flowers opening a few at a time.

BajaBlanca - 7-3-2013 at 01:04 PM

Dancing Ladies is such an appropriate name!

bacquito - 7-4-2013 at 07:29 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
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Originally posted by ecomujeres
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Originally posted by Mexitron
---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).


Mexitron: Fremontodendron was moved from Sterculiaceae to Malvaceae per APG and the new 2012 Jepson Manual has it under Malvaceae... [sorry other Nomads, forgive the little bit of taxonomic banter here...].

OK Nomads, it's safe again: Wow Blanca! What a crazy plant! Love it. I'm always amazed when I learn of some new and wild Mexican [mainly mainland] native. Thanks for sharing.


Thanks, I knew they were playing with that...and it does make more sense!


I just read a book-One River- by Wade Davis that is about identifying plants in the Amazon, the many tribes encountered in the Amazon area, the tribes's belief in the power of plants to cure many medical problems and their halucinogenic affects.

A lot of attention was focused on the studies of the late Dr. R. Schultz of Harvard University, the late Dr. Timothy Plowman and Dr. Wade Davis all described as ethnobotanist-I never knew there was such a title!

I purchased the book on Amazon.com

BajaBlanca - 7-5-2013 at 08:40 AM

If I could go back in time, that sounds like a wonderful major.

monoloco - 7-5-2013 at 09:28 AM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
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Originally posted by ecomujeres
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Originally posted by Mexitron
---interesting family, the Bombacaceae, includes Baobobs, Balsa, Kapok, Durian, and our own (California/Baja) Flannel Bush (Fremontodendron).


Mexitron: Fremontodendron was moved from Sterculiaceae to Malvaceae per APG and the new 2012 Jepson Manual has it under Malvaceae... [sorry other Nomads, forgive the little bit of taxonomic banter here...].

OK Nomads, it's safe again: Wow Blanca! What a crazy plant! Love it. I'm always amazed when I learn of some new and wild Mexican [mainly mainland] native. Thanks for sharing.


Thanks, I knew they were playing with that...and it does make more sense!


I just read a book-One River- by Wade Davis that is about identifying plants in the Amazon, the many tribes encountered in the Amazon area, the tribes's belief in the power of plants to cure many medical problems and their halucinogenic affects.

A lot of attention was focused on the studies of the late Dr. R. Schultz of Harvard University, the late Dr. Timothy Plowman and Dr. Wade Davis all described as ethnobotanist-I never knew there was such a title!

I purchased the book on Amazon.com
That's my all time favorite book, absolutely brilliant. I've read it 3 times.

If You See One Of These Bloom It's Time To Worry...

DavidE - 7-5-2013 at 03:59 PM

Marinero - 7-7-2013 at 08:46 AM

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I think that might be a Mean Green Mother from outer space?