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December 23, 2006

Pohutukawa

Someone on IRC asked about the pohutukawas flowering. The pohutukawa is a native tree that produces beautiful red flowers in December --- very apt for Christmas. The Internet has thousands of photos of flowering pohutukawas; here's mine.

Update I forgot to mention --- this photo was taken in Shakespear Regional Park, yesterday (i.e. Saturday). We drove up with some friends, had a picnic, and did the Tiri Tiri Track loop in about two hours. It was magnificent.

Pohutukawa

Posted by roc at December 23, 2006 10:46 PM

Comments

They also produce copious amounts of a very irritant pollen, a kind of poor man's itching powder, which led me to nickname them "Pollutokawa" as a teenager.

Posted by: Phil at December 24, 2006 12:46 AM

Wow! All we've got here is... well pretty much brown dead-looking plants for the most part.

Posted by: Robert Accettura at December 24, 2006 4:54 AM

My kiwi roomate in Mountain View got exceedingly excited when he noticed one of these in my apartment complex that I was moving out of. Now I understand why.

Posted by: Benoit at December 28, 2006 6:17 AM

HAe there
ThaT Is A GrEaT PHoTo.
WiTh The DULl COlOuRs in The BaCk GrOuNd It MaKes The TrEe StAnd Out GoOD

Posted by: NiKaRA-MeRE at November 9, 2007 10:24 AM