TREES - Coral tree - erythrina speciosa

Hello Galit, you have found another colourfull one to educate me with. I do not remember ever seeing this one on my travels, I guess those thorns put people off. Had to look it up in my book & there is a variety described as a large shrub with the name E -crista-galli also called coral tree in UK. It is claimed to be able to grow on a sunny warm wall with winter protection in UK. Will have to look out for it if I travel to warm pastures again! LOL. Eric

said ericy202 2007.03.16 at 08:21:00 PDT

Hello Galit! Wow, what a blaze of red! The flower looks so strikingly similar to the Erythrina we have here. Great photography. It is so difficult to capture the red colour and you have done it with ease; moreover, as you said, it has special significance for you. I enjoyed the slideshow. Take care, my friend! Suresh

said suresh_krishna 2007.03.17 at 05:14:03 PDT

Good morning from Delaware where we are enduring a late winter ice storm, confining me to the internet and looking at your wonderfully warm and vibrant photographs!!Thanks for another walk in the sun amongst the coral trees....

said sueribs 2007.03.17 at 06:53:09 PDT

Hallo Galit! Wie schoen wirken diese Blueten auf dem Bildschirm, als haetten wir sie bei uns! Die Farben leuchten praechtig, ganz besonders noch gegen den blauen Himmel! Da hast du wieder ein Meisterwerk kreiert! Vielen Dank fuer alle Deine netten Eintragungen in unserem St.Jean-de-Luz Album! Und fuer Deine ausfuehrliche Antwort auf unsere Frage wegen dem Denkmal! Wir wuenschen Dir eine gute Woche! Herzlich, Heinz und Kaethi

said oertlif_2 2007.03.19 at 00:04:36 PDT

Great album of this lovely tree , we have them in Australia as well..Sandra

said sandrajacktrips 2007.03.19 at 01:07:26 PDT

I love the color and gorgeous photos. Makes me want to get outside and work in my garden. thanks for sharing your lovely photos. Denamae

said denamae 2007.03.19 at 09:33:06 PDT

stunning.exquisite tones. marvelous details. outstanding. superb. estevegar

said estevegagarar 2007.03.19 at 13:26:16 PDT

stunning tones. wonderful composition. superb. entroelfranco.

said agar101 2007.03.27 at 10:26:07 PDT

great details. marvelous tones. wonderful album. superb. amandagarbar

said chulicanada 2007.03.29 at 09:36:26 PDT

Thank you for introducing me to this fascinating tree with your beautiful photos! We sure don't have any in Virginia, USA. I don't suppose they would like our winters -- though it's not as cold as the more northern states, we had snow last night, on April 7! I hope all's well with you and you're having a good Passover, Galit. Best wishes, SJ Abrams

said sjabrams 2007.04.07 at 19:01:48 PDT

Hi Galit. What beautiful Shots Of The Tree Blooming.Thanks For The Comments On My Duck Album,And Congratulations On The Upcoming Of A New Grandbaby.I Didnt Get A New Camera But Would Like To, I Feed The Birds And They Are Just Outside My Window Thats How I Get So Close To Them.Take Care And Cant Wait To See The Photos Of The New Grandbaby When He Or She Decides To Enter This World,,JO Jo

said jdsmith01100 2007.04.13 at 16:33:20 PDT

Greetings o genie and what a pleasure it was to see you popping up in my guest book last week! It was as though I had rubbed the magic lamp and there you were!! And the same magic lamp has brought be to your beautiful album of Coral Trees and I have felt right at home because, as Sandra has already told you, we have Coral Trees by the hundreds and they make a wonderful picture, as you have shown. The slide show is perfect for an album like this as most of your pictures are centred and the important bits do not get cut off, as is the case with lots of other photos we look at that way. We also have the Coral Bush, by the way and I'm pretty certain I have shown you that at some time. Hope all is well with you and yours - any more grandchildren yet??? Love and hugs, Peter

said georgieboy98 2007.04.13 at 17:05:06 PDT

Liebe Galit! Da ich nicht schlafen kann (noch zu aufgeregt von so viel Geburtstagswuenschen...?) komme ich Dir schnell danken fuer Deine lieben Wuensche, die mich sehr freuen!!! Was ist das fuer ein Wochen challange, von dem du schreibst (fuer unsere Froesche)? Falls durch den Blog: da werden unsere messages nicht angenommen, weiss nicht warum. Gerne komme ich in dieses Album von Dir zurück, da so ganz besondere Blueten und ein sooooo schoenes Rot! Ein schoenes Weekend! Herzlich, Kaethi

said oertlif_3 2007.04.20 at 15:46:24 PDT

Hi Galit! An awesome album in Red -- plenty of colour and warmth to make any day feel cheerful. With such an amazing display of flowers in front of you, it would be hard to know which one to photograph first. You have done a great job of capturing them from all angles, even the petals from ground level.. well done! The colours are wonderful and the whole album makes delightful viewing.. Best wishes.. Gladys, Western Australia (www.gladysclancy.com)

said gladysclancy 2007.04.25 at 23:40:41 PDT

evening all...here I am, in Bonnie Scotland, tickled pink to have two coral trees just on the go and one seed just 'popped' today!. I bought these on eBay last year and put them at the back of my fridge, as instructed, and forgot all about them until about a month ago. I lost the instructions...but I remembered I had to put them in warm water for 24 hours. Well, it took a lot longer than 24 hours for them to 'pop' but about 3 weeks down the line they did. I planted them approx 10th. May and one is now about 5" high, the other about 2" high. The latter had two shoots and I decided to remove one. Anyway I will keep this site posted if anyone is interested! love urmate

said urmate 2007.06.08 at 14:58:55 PDT

Hi my friend! Therse pictures are fabulous! In The Gambia where my African home is, there are many Coral trees, species Erythrina Senegalensis. Unfortunately I have no photo of them, but I will take some next winter when I'm there.

said Ritva51 2007.06.11 at 08:45:43 PDT

Hi Galit... I love your new additions of the Lucky Bean Seeds -- so gorgeous in the Red and Black and make stunning photos. Well done to spot and capture them.. Best wishes.. Gladys, Western Australia.

said gladysclancy 11 months 26 days ago