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Monday - June 07, 2010
From: Naples, FL
Region: Southeast
Topic: Plant Identification
Title: Plant identification
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
There are large trees with brilliant orange flowers around Naples FL. Can you tell me what this is?ANSWER:
There are no large native trees with brilliant orange flowers that grow in Florida; but, here are three candidates, all non-native, for your large trees with brilliant orange flowers around Naples, Florida:
Delonix regia (royal poinciana), a native of Madagascar. Here are more photos and information.
Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree, a native Equatorial Africa. Here are more photos and information.
Cordia sebestena (orange geiger tree), a native of Central and South America and the Caribbean. Here are more photos and information.
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