Flower & Tree of the month: Ceiba speciosa

[JANAKI TURAGA]

Hi all,

My flower and Tree of the month is Ceiba speciosa also known as Floss Silk Tree with Pink flowers.

It is in bloom now, and it is always a spectacular sight! Notice its incredibly vibrant colours and the creamy satiny texture of its petals.

Another tree of the same family-Ceiba insignis, White Floss Silk Tree also blooms at the same time and also spectacularly!

Wild and native in South America, now it is naturalised in India and is a tree widely planted for its blooms in parks and roads!

Enjoy

Janaki Turaga

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Janaki ji

The tree is a briliant sight to see in full bloom. I had to wait for nearly eight months after catching flowering in Bombax ceiba and Ceiba pentandra, to see Ceiba speciosa to flower. I fist caught it in California in first week of October,. Now it is in full bloom in Delhi.

I am sending them separately

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45