Flower Royalty

The brilliant red blossom above is from a Royal Poinciana. This tree was on Longboat Key this weekend, but they are all over this area at this time of year. You can see in the picture below that there are thousands and thousands of blossoms on a single tree, so they make a truly spectacular sight when in full bloom. Many of them are red, but there are also some that are just a little bit orange. It's hard to tell the difference until you get two of them side by side, then the color difference really stands out.