RE: bombax in bloom and the link is here

hi, lynda. no fragrance that i can detect. it must attract its pollinators with color.



At 07:33 AM 3/6/03 -0600, you wrote:
Whoa!  Now that is a traffic stopper. Is there any fragrance?  Thanks,
Jim and Donna - really brightened up my morning.

Lynda
Zone 7 - West TN

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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 6:43 PM
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Subject: RE: [CHAT] bombax in bloom and the link is here


http://illianagardenpond.org/jimsphotos.htm

Enjoy folks!

Sorry, Jim, I had to reduce the file size so those on a dial up did not
have to wait forever to see um....

Donna

>
> donna has been kind enough to post three pictures i took of a local
bombax
> [probably b. malabarcum, but who knows] in bloom. the bombax, a native
of
> tropical asia is, oddly enough, deciduous. it blooms profusely at this

> time of year [before leafing out]. the flowers, which are borne in
clusters,
> are
> 5" to 8" across and have that clear succulence of cactus and waterlily

> blooms.
>
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