The mass of blossom that looks like pink orchids, may be a variety of Bauhinia. (One of my readers says it may actually be a Bombax.) The tree I photographed in Estepona seems to be in bloom for much of the year! Surprisingly, the trunk of the tree is studded with hard thorns!
Its fun to walk around Bahia Dorada with a digital camera and take pictures of the many gorgeous trees and shrubs in the gardens. The plant with the big yellow bells is Datura. They can also be white or pink.
The usual Bouganvilla colour is deep purple, but it can be in shades of red, pink or orange!
They make a showy contrast to the misty blue of plumbago! The gardeners like to be tidy and formal, and trim the shrubs like a hedge. But when they do that, there are no flowers as the flower buds grow from the tips of each shoot! I like the wild natural shapes - with flowers!
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The Bauhinia has thorns all along teh trunk as part of its water conservation mechanism I believe. datura comes with its own dark history because teh variety that grows in south american forets was used as an hallucinogenic that is particularly nasty. Some criminals were tied to teh tree overnight to go insane before they died! Or is this urban myth. Sharon Macnish The Natural Healing Coach
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