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Corymbia ficifolia
Medium sized flowers and 'gumnuts' on a small tree self-sown at a local beachside. Although the pink is striking the red-green-yellow gumnuts stood out for me.
Bayside conservation reserve. In very sandy soil.
Couldn't resist these colours. WA 'flowering gum' corymbia sp. "Corymbia...from Latin, corymbium, a "corymb" referring to floral clusters where all flowers branch from the stem at different levels but ultimately terminate at about the same level." - Corymbia "Summer Beauty" is a possible cultivar but this one sure didn't look planted.
Spotted on Mar 10, 2013
Submitted on Mar 17, 2013
9 Comments
another spotting ,
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115...
hula dancers.
crazy flowers
Thanks all so much. Unfortunately the little skirts only last a couple of days. Promise to ID soon.
This is so pretty!
One's imagination can do amazing things. Got any Nutmeg, a Lima bean, a Peanut maybe...actually the list is endless to come up with a head. Then you'll need some arms and some legs too. A spring of some sort, from a pen? lol.
Lovely flower!! thanks for sharing, Argy Bee.
There's an idea... wonder if I can make a face for the top?
Kewl spotting Argy Bee! @ Lauren.Yes they do! My first impression was those Bobble head hula dolls guys would put on the dash of their hot car. lol :)
They look like little hula skirts!