Floss Silk Tree (Chorisia speciosa). These thorny but stunningly beautiful trees originate from Brazil and Argentina and are a favorite with the hummingbirds and bloom in profusion each Fall. The name, Floss Silk, refers to the cottony white fluffy seeds as they burst from the pods.
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I've just wandered through your great gallery, and here is a short list of my favors:
Gulf Fritilary Butterfly, Seven Sacred Pools, Maui;
Cattle Egrets, Hilo, Hawaii;
Willet on Sand Swirl, Torrey Pines, CA;
Peninsular Metalmark Butterfly;
Tete a tete;
Eye to Eye;
Gull fight;
Brown Pelican;
Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis;
Flag over water;
Red-billed Leiothrix;
Red Shouldered Hawk;
Scrub Jay;
Foto 424;
Foto 462;
Foto 464.
That's all for tonight. All the best.
Martin
Beautiful!
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