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« Reply #211 on Feb 8, 2012, 3:12pm »		[Quote]
Wow, that is lovely!
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« Reply #212 on Feb 8, 2012, 6:31pm »		[Quote]
I like the feathery light quality of the tree, but I might curse it if it did not provide enough shade under the hot sun.
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« Reply #213 on Feb 20, 2012, 6:18pm »		[Quote]
What is it bixa? It's not a Jacaranda is it?
Hard to tell, but is the flower the same one on the Botanical Perspectives thread?
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« Reply #214 on Feb 20, 2012, 6:30pm »		[Quote]
My first thought was a jacaranda when I saw the photo.
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« Reply #215 on Feb 20, 2012, 7:12pm »		[Quote]
It's not a jacaranda -- the flowers are bigger. I'll try to find out. I passed that same tree yesterday & the flowers are now much pinker.
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« Reply #216 on Feb 20, 2012, 9:14pm »		[Quote]
What could have shocked this tree so much as to make its hair stand on end?

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Oh wow, I'd be shocked too, if that happened to me. :o

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« Reply #217 on Feb 20, 2012, 9:23pm »		[Quote]
Whoa! Now that is an aberration!

That poor tree must have been confined in a narrow collar for years (decades?) expanding above the collar, and THEN someone decapitated it, causing it to throw all its energy into sending out sucker growth. Very sad.
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« Reply #218 on Feb 22, 2012, 6:33pm »		[Quote]
Here's another poor tree. Don't know what is wrong with it:

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I've just been told it might have been herbicide damage.
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« Reply #219 on Feb 22, 2012, 10:10pm »		[Quote]
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« Reply #220 on Feb 22, 2012, 10:21pm »		[Quote]
That first one is SOOOOO special, amboseli! I love the layered effect.

And the jacaranda is my favorite, as bixa will attest.
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« Reply #221 on Feb 22, 2012, 10:41pm »		[Quote]
The jacaranda is my favourite, too. We don't have them here in Belgium but can't wait to go back to Portugal where there's an abundance of jacaranda trees.

The first pic is taken very early in the spring when the bluebells are in bloom. The leaves of the trees are just coming out. That's what makes it so special.
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« Reply #222 on Feb 22, 2012, 10:55pm »		[Quote]
Bluebells in Belgium? Or were you traveling?
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« Reply #223 on Feb 22, 2012, 11:04pm »		[Quote]
Bluebells in Belgium, yes! One forest in the centre of Belgium has them. It's so beautiful.
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« Reply #224 on Mar 24, 2012, 11:54pm »		[Quote]
These trees aren't the most beautiful, but they are in an unexpected place.

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« Reply #225 on Mar 25, 2012, 1:28am »		[Quote]
Oh my gosh! I dunno ~~ their perfection for the very odd location & size available makes them beautiful.
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« Reply #226 on Apr 3, 2012, 12:32pm »		[Quote]
Some remarkable tree pictures there.

This one was split in 2 by our 1987 storm-

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« Reply #227 on Apr 3, 2012, 7:22pm »		[Quote]
A tree in our back yard was hit by lightning last week.

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The damage ran from top

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to bottom

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It may survive, however, as it was not "girdled".

(The power was out for 7 hours from the same storm.)
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« Reply #228 on Apr 4, 2012, 10:34pm »		[Quote]
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A grizzled elder in the Tahoe area of California.
Yes, it is alive, though how, I couldn't tell you.

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« Reply #229 on Apr 5, 2012, 3:02am »		[Quote]
What a fighter, it deserves to live.

Lovely shot!
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« Reply #230 on Apr 23, 2012, 7:58pm »		[Quote]
Thanks!

This poor tree is burdened with loads of Mardi Gras beads and lingerie thrown onto it from the chairlift by skiers.

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« Reply #231 on Apr 23, 2012, 8:19pm »		[Quote]
Oh, it seems quite stoic in spite of the trash.
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« Reply #233 on Apr 26, 2012, 9:58pm »		[Quote]
Why can't people leave the trees alone? That's mutilation! But a good silhouette!
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« Reply #235 on May 25, 2012, 12:17pm »		[Quote]
That one would make a good movie character, with a little CG special effects it could talk.
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« Reply #237 on Jun 23, 2012, 3:12pm »		[Quote]
Que bonita!
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« Reply #239 on Jul 13, 2012, 4:43am »		[Quote]
Enchanting!!
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