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Baobab Flower

Adansonia za

Description:

large orange bloom, 6", fragrant

Habitat:

spiny forest

Notes:

These flowers are very high in the tree and I'm really zoomed in for this photo. I spotted these in the spiny forest of Ifaty. The flowers are visited by moths and bats.

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7 Comments

Dag Wixforth
Dag Wixforth a year ago

Wow, I want to see it in real!!

AshleyBradford
AshleyBradford a year ago

Wow, beautiful! I'd never seen a picture of the flower before.

dandoucette
dandoucette a year ago

Thanks Linda.

LindaGuastamachio
LindaGuastamachio a year ago

Beautiful flower. Incredible tree.

JosephBullock
JosephBullock 2 years ago

Yes, still here. Might have one or two more dental mission trips to parts of the Island.

dandoucette
dandoucette 2 years ago

Something for you to search out, if you're still in Madagascar.

JosephBullock
JosephBullock 2 years ago

I didn't know that they had flowers. Mighty flowery for a drab, but extraordinary tree.

Madagascar

Lat: -23.15, Long: 43.62

Spotted on May 4, 2011
Submitted on May 4, 2011

Reference

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