Comments on: Orchid Tree, Jacaranda, Royal Poinciana, and Tamarind

By: Hilton Kean Jones

Hilton Kean Jones — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:04:44 +0000

Charlie, I think the end of your comment got cut off somehow.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:47 +0000

I got a pod off a tree in

By: thida

thida — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:38:16 +0000

It is not tamarind tree. The leaves and fruits look very different. It may be silk tree/

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:41:29 +0000

My girlfriend and I are growing Royal Poinciana’s from seed. We started 2 weeks ago. We both had one birth each from the many seeds we planted in pots. I did not prepare the seeds in anyway. They are amazing growers. In one week it has grown 6 inches! and six inches wide. It has been alot of fun. I want to plant a Royal Poinciana in my front yard here in Sarasota. As I look around the neighborhood (Lake Sarasota) I have spyed several Royals. I went to a nursery and purchased a dwarf poinciana. these grow to 10 foot by 10 foot and they are very pretty. Good news! A second Royal popped his head up from the pot. If anyone knows where to purchase nice Royals, please comment. I have found Blue Sky nursery on Fruitville Rd that have some 12 foot trees for $125 plus $50 delivery and planting. but I would like to compare with other nurseries.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:25:32 +0000

Why thank you very much! I checked it out and there were definitely some very unique places I had never heard of that looked great!

By: Hilton Kean Jones

Hilton Kean Jones — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:14:10 +0000

No, I don’t know of a good tree for that purpose, locally, BUT…I suggest you take a look at this page from the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Convention and Visitors Bureau: http://www.floridasbeach.com/listings.php?type=wedding. They list 3 pages of outdoor wedding venues in Tampa Bay.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:06:50 +0000

one more thing… I meant in the St Pete/Tampa/Clearwater area Thanks again!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:06:14 +0000

Hello! I love this beautiful tree and I have been trying to find some sort of local “jacaranda finder” website (with no luck) and you seem to know where I might be able to find a jacaranda tree that would be a proper location for a wedding! Do you know of any particular churches or gardens or anything along those lines where a wedding could be held that features a beautiful jacaranda tree? Your help would be much appreciated if you know of any sights off the top of your head Thank you!

By: Hilton Kean Jones

Hilton Kean Jones — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:12:41 +0000

The people who will know are your county extension service. In Google, enter the following: X county extension service. Instead of X write the name of your county. If I enter “pinellas county extension service” in google, my extension service is the very first listing that comes up–http://pinellas.ifas.ufl.edu/. Just give them a call or send them an email. The service is free (your tax dollars pay for it). They’re happy to help. Good luck!!!!!

By: gail

gail — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:28 +0000

I dug up two tiny 8 inch trees in an alleyway that I thought were royal poincianas. I planted them last year and they’re already nearly six feet tall. Now I’m beginning to doubt that they’re poincianas — the individual leaves look exactly the same, in that feathery configuration, but they’re larger than the poinciana leaves on my neighborhood trees. When it gets dry they sort of fold up, apparently to conserve water. Could they be jacaranda or tamarind? Do these trees have noticeably larger leaves in the same configuration as the poinciana? thanks for any help — I live in south fla.