Most #trees and shrubs that exhibit #cauliflory and #ramiflory are in the tropics, but the eastern #redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a rare example of a temperate region #tree that grows #flowers on its branches and trunk! #nature #Ozarks #Missouri #botany #plants #NativePlants

Thanks to the Smithsonian, I recently learned that this process of growing blooms straight from the trunk is called cauliflory and is usually found in tropical plants, but redbuds are one of the few local species that do so!

#cauliflory #redbud #nature #photography #tree #purple #bloomscrolling

Redbud tree with moss, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY.
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Redbud trees, scientifically known as Cercis, display a unique phenomenon called cauliflory, where flowers grow directly from the bark of the trunk and older branches.

#redbud #moss #redbudtrees #brooklyn #Cercis #cauliflory

Flowers of an Eastern Redbud tree erupting directly from the bark, a lattice of upper branches in the background, silhouetted against a hazy sky.

Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
#redbud #cauliflory #nativeplants #southernappalachia

Couroupita guianensis
Lecythidaceae
Anderson Gardens, Townsville Botanic Gardens,
North Queensland, Australia
(Native to Panama -Tropical South America)
#Couroupita #Lecythidaceae #Cauliflory #CannonballTree #AndersonGardens #TownsvilleBotanicGardens #plants #botany #garden #PublicGarden

A beautiful streaked Macleay's honeyeater sits perched among cream staminate flowers that emerge from the trunk of a rainforest tree in Queensland.

This Macleay's honeyeater owned that tree

#birds #rainforest #cauliflory