Osprey
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Easter Flower
This pretty Easter flower is in full bloom now down here in Sunnyland. Anybody know the name of it, please?
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I believe, but certainly am not sure, that is a Fairy Duster---we find them mostly in the wash areas in our areas.
But it no matter what it is, that is a beautiful photo of a beautiful flower in some sparkling light. 
[Edited on 4-4-2010 by DianaT]
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At first glance, I thought you were growing your own Tuna feathers !? 
Hmmm, have you considered rigging it with a 7-0 hook and 80 lb leader ? 
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[Edited on 4-4-2010 by Diver]
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Thanks Diana. The duster is about 2 inches across. These things are a little bigger than a softball.
Diver, you are sooo close. If you look closer you'll see it's a fly, probably not for trolling.
I tried to look it up but still no luck. Anybody?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Thanks Diana. The duster is about 2 inches across. These things are a little bigger than a softball.
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Wow, that is huge. Someone will know for sure what it is---take more photos. So very nice to look at.
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flower
here's another shot with the unopened flower buds.
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It looks a lot like a bottlebrush flower which grow into trees and are usually red in color.Love the curley cues at the base.
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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I searched every known Bottle Brush type plant with no positive ID. It's a tropical plant for sure, appears on the dust cover of a new book by a
famous author, Graeme Teague, but all the cyber stuff about him and the book give no clue about the plant, the flower. Interesting guy though -- his
life makes mine look like I was asleep for 70 years.
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Osprey
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Never give up, never give in. Found it. The name of the plant is: The Shaving Brush Tree. It is native to Mexico.
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Osprey
Glad you found the answer but I didnt understand that it was a tree.
Sure is beautiful.
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Jorge, Now I have seen it all. I have heard of people who actually talk to themselves, but now, here for all to see on the internet, is a person who
asks questions and then answers himself. Guess that is the safest way to get your questions answered.
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If you had spent skittyeight dozen hours with mr google lookin for that @$*%^( flower, you would want to tell the whole world about it. Homeowners in
this little village that own and grow the beautiful tree don't know the name, none of the gardeners know it, none of the nurseries in this area that
sold the plants know the name and about 99.98% of the 6billion google sites know it. No body on this board knew it, nobody on any board on google
could identify it. You want me to keep it to myself? Sheesh.
[Edited on 4-10-2010 by Osprey]
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Okay Osprey.Give it up.Where DID you find the info?And congrats for all your hard work to ID your flower/tree.It is a beauty.
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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Bob H
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Thanks to Osprey, we now know this is a Shaving Brush Tree - seems like it's a rare blooming tree... Bob H
Here are some links....
http://mgonline.com/articles/bombaxellipticum.aspx
http://www.rareflora.com/bombaxellip.htm
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/72500/4589/Sha...
[Edited on 4-11-2010 by Bob H]
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Osprey
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Easy for you now, eh Bob. I found it after looking at 8,000 photo IDs of tropical flowers on every country/site/expert/encyc I could think of.
Found it on Flowers of Inda where there was a necessary picture AND THE NAME. On Flowers of India I learned the plant is a native of Mexico.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Easy for you now, eh Bob. I found it after looking at 8,000 photo IDs of tropical flowers on every country/site/expert/encyc I could think of.
Found it on Flowers of Inda where there was a necessary picture AND THE NAME. On Flowers of India I learned the plant is a native of Mexico.
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Great job Osprey! I totally meant to mention your name before I posted those links. I did an edit.
This is a very interesting tree.
Thanks again,
Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
If you had spent skittyeight dozen hours with mr google lookin for that @$*%^( flower, you would want to tell the whole world about it. Homeowners in
this little village that own and grow the beautiful tree don't know the name, none of the gardeners know it, none of the nurseries in this area that
sold the plants know the name and about 99.98% of the 6billion google sites know it. No body on this board knew it, nobody on any board on google
could identify it. You want me to keep it to myself? Sheesh.
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No, I am really glad that you shared it with us. I would also bet that the time on the computer kept you from cleaning your shed over again. 
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Yer right. Something about "idle hands......"
There's no tellin' what I might do when there's nobody around to stop me. Might get up in the middle of the night, eat a ground squirrel.
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