While at the Botanical Gardens the other day I saw a tree covered in these beautiful flowers.. Had to do some research when I got home.. It is a Silk Floss Flower and is found in South America ..Cebia Speciosa is the botanical name.. It has quite a nasty prickly trunk .. which would stop children being tempted to climb it ..
This flower looks very exotic....strange such a pretty plant spoils itself by having a prickly trunk.....it works though if the flowers survive being picked.
