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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
The first picture shows the Peacock Flower amongst the leaves of the Yellow Alder plant. Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. Common names include Poinciana, Peacock Flower, Red Bird of Paradise, Mexican Bird of Paradise, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados. The flowers in these pictures are pink-red. Other varieties are colored yellow-orange, or just yellow. In Tagalog this is called Caballero (the name is of Spanish origin meaning noble or gentleman). Many in the Philippines also know this plant as the Fire Tree.
We have this in our garden, in Biñan Laguna, Philippines.
The yellow variety can be seen in this related spotting - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/180....
Spotted on Sep 4, 2012
Submitted on Oct 7, 2012
1 Comment
Hello, my name is Tylor Vu, I live in Southern California, USA. I was wondering if you can collect the CABALLERO (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) seeds for me. I would like all the different colors that you posted here. Am willing to buy the seeds from you. Let me know how much. Thank you.