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Ceiba speciosa (fka: Chorisia speciosa) - Kapok, Floss-Silk Tree


Ceiba speciosa (fka: Chorisia speciosa) - Kapok, Floss-Silk Tree (Ceiba speciosa (fka: Chorisia speciosa) - Kapok, Floss-Silk Tree)

This Kapok tree is still blooming in Balboa Park. Photo taken Dec. 2, 2010.



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Pretty pic :o)

3 Dec, 2010

 

Lovely :-))

3 Dec, 2010

 

Thanks! :>)

3 Dec, 2010

 

I think this is the tree Louis wanted to grow......?

5 Dec, 2010

 

Dottydaisy2:

Yes, he posted a pic of one not too long ago. It's a very easy tree to grow. I've grown many in the past. It grows to 5 or 6ft / 1.5 - 2m from seed in one summer. In the ground it will eventually grow to more than 80ft/25m tall.

6 Dec, 2010



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