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That Flower, That Tree: (Flowering Schefflera Tree) Sunday Trees and Flower of the Day, Sep 9, 2017

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I’ve been trying to get a good shot of this tree for sixteen years, but it grows so huge that it’s impossible to get a good closeup  shot of the blooms while getting the entire tree as well.  A few months ago, I did a shoot of different stages of the flowers on a bush-sized tree at a local car wash, but a few days ago I noticed that it was in full bloom and at a perfect stage and size to capture the entire tree.  Recently, I also  found out the name of this tree after years of inquiry—the flowering Schefflera or Octopus Tree.

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For Sunday Trees.

For Cee’s Flower Prompt..

Flowering Schefflera Tree: Flower of the Day, Aug 5, 2017

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I have been trying to discover the name of this flower for fifteen years.  They are on trees that flower so high above the ground that you can only see them from a distance.  Last year, I photographed a smaller variety next to the car wash in Ajijic.  When I photographed this one at the Nueva Posada two days ago, it was from very far away but decided to use it today anyway.  It was when I cropped it a bit that I suddenly remembered what the leaves remind me of.  Sure enough, I finally identified it as a variety of schefflera called the flowering schefflera or octopus tree!  Now if I can just remember it next time.  (Also known as the schefflera arbicola.)

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For Cee’s flower prompt.