Re: Sheldon's Mystery Tree

It's been about 15 years or so and I can't say for certain what they looked like, but I have a hazy mental picture of a flat pod and flattened seeds much like a Caesalpinia.  However, I was also planting some Caesalpinia around that time and I may have them confused.  As I mentioned earlier, the photo accompanying the seeds was fairly fuzzy and the flowers looked like a red/orange/yellow blob.  I guess that's what happens when someone snaps a picture at night without benefit of any light other than a few lanterns on the outdoor dining terrace.  He would have taken a better picture the following day, but his return flight was leaving that night.  If only it would bloom!!!

From: The Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com>
To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Sheldon's Mystery Tree
There were no photos of the foliage. 
Gymnocladus does not have orange flowers. Do you remember what the seed pods look like? That would help a lot. 






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From: Kyle Baker <kylefletcherbaker@yahoo.com>
To: Discussion of aroids <aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 26, 2011 8:24 pm
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Sheldon's Mystery Tree

I missed photos of the foliage, but some double pinnate compound leaves are Fraxinus, Gymnocladus, I'll have to go back to my Woody identification notes for this one....post photo of foliage again?

Mr. Kyle Fletcher Baker, MCN
Maine Zone 5

--- On Thu, 11/24/11, Sheldon Hatheway <s*@yahoo.com> wrote:


Thanks for your response, Elizabeth.  I was hoping myself that it might be an extra-hardy Delonix, but the leaflets are wrong.  All of the Delonix pictures I've seen have a very small, mimosa-type of leaflets.  My tree has leaflets that are about 3" long by 1" wide and pointed on both ends.  I really should have taken a picture of a single entire leaf before they all fell off.  I'll try harder next year!!

I'm attaching (I hope) a picture of the tree trunk.  I think the pattern of the bark is interesting.

Thanks again.

Sheldon Hatheway
Canby, Oregon

From: Elizabeth Campbell <d*@mail2designer.com>
To: aroid-l@www.gizmoworks.com
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 5:33 AM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Sheldon's Mystery Tree
Just off the top of my head, Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) comes in as a rather likely candidate. Huge double-compound pinnate leaves, ridged bark, and gorgeous red-orange flower clusters.

Elizabeth Campbell
Ecuador
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