Summer is here again with its hot scorching sun, and the Gulmohar tree (Delonix regia) is even hotter with its cluster of exuberant flame-red / orange flowers. This flamboyant tree is quite a distraction from the heat and one of my favourites. There are plenty of these in the area we live in, and the red of the flowers against the sand-coloured houses forms a really nice contrast.
These trees bring back lots of childhood memories. Sheltering behind them for hide-and-seek , climbing their strong branches, collecting the fallen red flowers as specimens for Botany class when studying the parts of a flower, dismantling the buds to make nail extensions, the anthers in ‘lock fighting’, sometimes even tried eating some buds!!!
Nature sure has its way of surprising us with its beauty despite its harsh side …
They are so beautiful. Ours are now on their way out.
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