Re: Monkey hand tree?
- Subject: Re: Monkey hand tree?
- From: J* S*
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
Yes. Chiranthodendron pentadactylon. Bombacaceae.
Also called "Mexican hand plant".
There's a great big specimen of it at Quail Botanical
Gardens, just up the road form you Nan.
Also note, that the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens
has intergeneric hybrids of it with Fremontodendron.
Nice stuff.
Joe Seals,
Santa Maria, CA
--- Nan Sterman <nsterman@plantsoup.com> wrote:
> Anyone familiar with a monkey hand tree? Broad
> green leaves, unusual
> scarlet flowers with stamens fused to the petals and
> bright yellow
> pollen in long streaks, like fingers almost.
>
> Nan
> --
> **********
> '''''''''''''''''''''''
> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
>
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