Sunday, August 8, 2021

Lacebark tree

 

Lacebark tree. Photo by Myriam Mahiques, personal archives 2021

Every Summer I go to the park specifically to take pictures of this fantastic ornamental tree, Brachychiton Discolor. The pink flowers look like velvet, they do not have petals, it is just a single morphology arranged in beautiful clusters. The roasted seeds are edible but I have never tried them. I am just focused on the clusters. 

All pictures by Myriam Mahiques, please do not share without permission.








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