GREAT PIC!

yes the royal poincianas are soooo beautiful! where i used to live would be smothered in them right now!! i do miss them!

we also had the yellow variety - not so common but also pretty, ever seen it?



Delonix regia var.flavida

~ waves ~

ps. wikipedia's entry for yellow poinciana is confused at best - the tree they give is sometimes dubbed yellow poinciana, but it is a different species. get them to a botanist. the pic & link above correspond to a yellow variety of the royal poinciana (species D.regia). you will recognize the leaves.

pps. i miss the tremendous thunderstorms, too. we hardly even get what i consider "real rain" here.