Royal Poinciana trees are in bloom this month in Southwest Florida. The blossoms looked gorgeous on a blue-sky morning early this week.
They are such beautiful trees -- I know I've blogged about them every year since we've lived here, but really these trees are lovely enough to deserve a repeat.
The Night-Blooming Cactus is another late Spring flower around these parts. And once more, the flower and the picture are this year's, but I have posted other pictures of this beauty in previous years.
Here are a few more shots of the Poinciana. Its beauty makes up for a lot of the more usual Spring flowers that we miss by being in Florida this season. Even the seed pods of this tree are incredible -- they're about a foot long. There are a couple still hanging on in the picture on the lower left.
I've often said that Southwest Florida flowers are almost all the showy type. No shrinking violets (or daffodils or tulips) here. And in fact, another name for the Royal Poinciana is "Flamboyant Tree." A fitting name for this show-off.
Linking to: TODAY'S FLOWERS (thank you Denise); I HEART MACRO (thanks to Laura); and MONDAY MACRO (thank you Gemma).
I can hardly believe such a flower exists. Wonderful pictures.
Posted by: Nan | May 31, 2015 at 07:06 PM
Gorgeous abundance of flowers Sallie! Thanks so much for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro ♥
Posted by: Laura Hegfield | May 27, 2015 at 09:50 AM
These are all wonderful flowers! All of your photos are really awesome to see. Each has its own beauty and color.
Posted by: bettyl - NZ | May 27, 2015 at 01:15 AM
Glorious, glorious time of year!
Posted by: Jenn Jilks | May 26, 2015 at 04:39 PM
I love the fiery red/orange color!
Posted by: Freda | May 25, 2015 at 12:24 PM
What gorgeous flowers. Your photos of the night blooming cactus is lovely.
Posted by: Janice / Dancing with Sunflowers | May 25, 2015 at 06:59 AM
oh yes they are in bloom here in Trinidad also, they are so vibrant
have a nice week
much love...
Posted by: gillena | May 25, 2015 at 01:59 AM
I can see why you'd blog about them each year. They are very beautiful.
Visiting from I Heart Macro. Feel free to link up to the Macro Monday Mixer as well.
Posted by: Stephanie Volkert | May 24, 2015 at 06:34 PM
Oh that red is so lovely - love it. The night-blooming cactus is very pretty too and I love your mosaic.
Say, won't those dried seeds in the pod make good noise-makers for percussion? I wonder...
Have a Great Memorial Day Weekend!
Peace :)
Posted by: Chandra | May 24, 2015 at 03:41 PM
It looks like Flame of the Forest.
Posted by: rainfield | May 24, 2015 at 05:42 AM
What a great looking tree - I can see why you would blog about it more than once!
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Posted by: Stewart M | May 24, 2015 at 02:46 AM
Dearest Sallie; Wow, your Night-Blooming Cactus picture is such a magnificent macro of this GORGEOUS flower♡♡♡ And yes,love your 'Royal Poinciana' and wonderful collage♪ I was happy that the word "Flamboyant" is in my memory p:-)
Hope your coming new week is a wonderful one, Dear friend.
Sending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*
Posted by: orchid | May 23, 2015 at 11:35 PM
I do like that tree and that night cactus flower is spectacular. I too miss some of the cooler weather flowers such as daffodils, crocus, and lilacs. I am in coastal /G/A/.
Posted by: Abrianna | May 23, 2015 at 10:27 PM
That tree has every right to be flamboyant! It's lovely.
Posted by: Lady Fi | May 23, 2015 at 09:41 PM
beautiful Sallie. love the night blooming cactus, its lovely.
Posted by: Felicia | May 23, 2015 at 07:06 PM
The Poinciana tree is such a lovely color, I love sunset colors, and red-oranges.
Posted by: Hannah | May 23, 2015 at 06:29 PM
That is such a beautiful, and tropical-looking, tree. And I love those blue skies!
Posted by: Al | May 23, 2015 at 04:43 PM
Gorgeous!!
Posted by: Sondra-SC | May 23, 2015 at 04:23 PM
What amazing seed pods! Soooo long:) Definitely a tropical paradise Florida is!
Blessings,
Aimee
Posted by: Aimee | May 23, 2015 at 04:11 PM
those are very "tropical" looking trees with those beautiful flowers. You are so lucky to have them everywhere.
Posted by: Gill | May 23, 2015 at 03:56 PM
I think the flowers, trees and the birds (maybe the bees) are the most unusual and outstanding there!
Linda
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Posted by: Linda | May 23, 2015 at 02:41 PM
The night blooming cactus flower is especially frame worthy!
Posted by: Colleen | May 23, 2015 at 01:54 PM
Quite an impressive tree. But I must say I do love the daffodils. At least here is BC they are a welcome sight in early spring. I know what you mean about the lack of snow being scary. We live on the water. If the lake drops too much many of the cabins will go aground, not a good thing for the cedar log floats. We are fortunate to be in about 80 feet of water. All we would have to do is extend our anchor cables a bit to keep away from the granite cliff where we are. - Margy
Posted by: Margy | May 23, 2015 at 01:51 PM
Beautiful flowers!
Posted by: Traveling Rockhopper | May 23, 2015 at 01:06 PM
Wow, these flowers are brilliant and big!
Thanks for your comment - don't worry where to put it - the nice thing about wordpress is, I can see immediately where a comment is placed, on top right, or in "About" or on the bottom comment form! Have a great weekend, my friend:)
Posted by: jesh stg | May 23, 2015 at 11:35 AM
How do you make your wonderful collages...I love them as they are so different Sallie...
Posted by: Michelle RamblingWoods | May 23, 2015 at 11:04 AM
The cactus blossom is stunning and the trees are gorgeous as well.
Posted by: Gunilla | May 23, 2015 at 10:20 AM
Isn't spring wonderful ! All these flowers blooming and the air smells so good !
Posted by: Gattina | May 23, 2015 at 08:43 AM
that cactus bloom is a real beauty. Thanks for sharing it :)
Posted by: NatureFootstep | May 23, 2015 at 08:10 AM
I've not heard of a night-blooming cactus before! Amazing!
Have a wonderful summer-I expect you will head West if you can?
Posted by: Hazel | May 23, 2015 at 07:43 AM
Wow, that tree is beautiful, I have never heard of them. So I learned something today because of you.
Posted by: Yogi | May 23, 2015 at 07:01 AM
It must seem a bit like Christmas in Florida when the red flowers are in bloom amid the green of the leaves. The coloring of the Poinciana makes me think of Poinsettias and Holly Trees while the single white flower coming out of the Night-Blooming Cactus is like a shooting star.
Posted by: Penelope Postcards | May 23, 2015 at 06:46 AM
I love poinciana trees/bushes. We had several lining our pool at our first house in Ocala. Unfortunately, it gets too cold here, and one year the various freezes killed them off.
Mel's Diner...that sounds so familiar and we used to spend a lot of time in your area - I think we have patronized one of those! :)
Posted by: Fotolosopher | May 23, 2015 at 06:10 AM
Oh my gosh, how gorgeous! Thank you for sharing these amazing flowers Sallie, and have a wonderful weekend.
Posted by: DeniseinVA | May 23, 2015 at 03:11 AM
Hello Sally, I love the gorgeous Poinciana blooms. It is a beautiful tree. The Night blooming Cactus is lovely. Happy Memorial Day weekend!
Posted by: Eileen | May 23, 2015 at 03:11 AM
That Poinciana certainly is flamboyant. I could look at it every spring. Especially with snow on the ground here. I like seeing flowers from around the world, so please keep sharing them.
Posted by: Gaelyn | May 22, 2015 at 10:24 PM
Oh, the poinciana is splendid! Great photos of it as the Night Blooming Cactus. You can do re-runs forever, Sallie, and I won't tire of them.
Posted by: Penny | May 22, 2015 at 05:16 PM
What a gorgeous poinciana tree...never heard of them nor seen them..just beautiful
Posted by: bj | May 22, 2015 at 05:10 PM
who could get tired of seeing these beauties? gorgeous!
Posted by: TexWisGirl | May 22, 2015 at 04:38 PM
Very pretty! I haven't seen any of the poinciana trees here.
Posted by: Dina Johnston | May 22, 2015 at 04:37 PM