This is what's called "tassel flower" in Florida (Emilia Fosbergii)
Probably an African native as are many plants and animals in Florida.
One of my favorite wildflowers. Blossoms as shown here are about 25mm long.
<http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2002/04/13/Floridian/334aa8.jpg>
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/12/2011 7:09 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Well it really *is* my turn to have a red face.
>
> When I looked at Chris's page (mainly about Cambridge gardens), I thought
> that what transpired to be a page of thumbnail images was the page of final
> web pages. I think that what Moose wrote made me look again to see how
> he might have got an image of larger size to modify. And I found the full size
> images. I downloaded only two of them due to their size, But:
>
> - I think the 'ford' image is just fine.
>
> - Has the flower shot ben changed since first uploaded? It seems a LOT
> brighter now.
>
> - I think that when I made my first comments, in addition to my CRT monitor
> having had its light level altered, my perception of the 'lightness' of the
> thumbnail images was negatively influenced by the black background of the
> page; it may have made them seem darker than actually they were.
>
> - on the positive side, I think I have identified the red flower as that of
> Calliandra inaequilatera, ,"fairy duster" "Tassel flower", a winter-flowering
> shrub from Bolivia, reaches 10 feet in height. Legume.
> The Gardens are pretty good at labelling their plants, possibly there could be
> a label close by.
>
> Brian Swale.
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