Chorisia speciosa

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Davidl
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Chorisia speciosa

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Anybody growing them and how many years until they flower ?
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I had a huge one in my back yard in my previous house. It was the most gorgeous tree I have ever seen. The flowers are like huge orchids with pink and yellow colored flowers about 6 inches wide. BUT, the thorns were humongous. I still liked the tree. There are quite a few down here in yards.

One day I will grow another at the Boonut farm. The big one at my previous house had a huge spread. In fact, we had a big tropical storm that rained on us for several days... and then the winds picked up during a thunderstorm and the tree was picked up like a giant umbrella and laid on its side. We lost it. The wind just gently picked it up and laid it down, but it was way to big to get it back up, so we lost it.

Here is a link to pictures of the flowers and thorny trunk: http://www.montosogardens.com/chorisia_speciosa.htm
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thank you for the info the pic was cool too
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looks like a limpet convention! way cool tree.
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