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Can anyone identify this tree?

post #1 of 32
1/27/09 at 5:26am
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It is outside of my workplace. I've had many people ask me what kind of tree it is -but I don't know anything about trees nor do I know anyone who does..

Can anyone here help?

edit: here is adjusted photo - also, I live in Southwest Florida.

Click on it, then click on the arrow-box in the bottom left - it ought to be large enough now...

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post #2 of 32
1/27/09 at 5:50am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

the LARCH.....

Oh sorry for the odd reference. I could send the picture to my sister who's hubby runs a greenhouse/nursery but I can't seem to get a larger size... clicking on it, only moves it to the center. is that a full size shot? or is my browser acting odd?

Jay
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post #3 of 32
1/27/09 at 6:21am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Came for the Python reference, left happy.

Regards,

Joe
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post #4 of 32
1/27/09 at 9:12am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Is it a dogwood? It looks like this pink dogwood we use to have in our backyard. hard to tell because the picture is so small.
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post #5 of 32
1/27/09 at 9:41am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

You could always ask Mike for help.
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...kind-tree.html
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post #6 of 32
1/27/09 at 9:55am

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Yes, but do you you think you could recognize it from quite a long way away?
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post #7 of 32
1/27/09 at 10:43am

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Looks sort of like a Crape-myrtle.
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post #8 of 32
1/27/09 at 12:15pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

We are all missing the bigger picture here ( if only there was one! ). If it were a dogwood or crepe myrtle it would also have leaves as well as flowers. What foliage you see are young leaves and it appears that they are red naturally or have just turned. My guess would be some type of maple.
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post #9 of 32
1/27/09 at 12:57pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Eric,
Where do you live? That will give us a clue.
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post #10 of 32
1/27/09 at 1:53pm

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Difficult to say with the small picture. My first thought is some type of crabapple.
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post #11 of 32
1/27/09 at 2:27pm
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Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Thanks for the messages. I've adjusted the picture to make it larger. Click on the photo then click on the arrowed icon in the bottom left. It is in Soutwest Florida near Ft. Myers. (Short sleeve weather today)
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post #12 of 32
1/27/09 at 3:16pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

If you had a close shot of the flower,leaf, or bark,I could positively i.d. it. My best guess at this time is that it's possibly a redbud or even a crepemyrtle.
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post #13 of 32
1/27/09 at 3:30pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

There is still the issue of no leaves with the blooms, the only tree I know of that blooms before it grows leaves is a Japanese Magnolia.
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post #14 of 32
1/27/09 at 4:58pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Quote:
the only tree I know of that blooms before it grows leaves is a Japanese Magnolia.
That was my guess too. The famous Cherry Blossom. Difficult to see accurately, though.
Does it bloom in April?


Cees
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post #15 of 32
1/27/09 at 6:22pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
Does it bloom in April?


Cees

In northern Georgia it does, mid Florida might be a different story with the warmer climate, although I don't know when the photo was taken, I assume it is recent though.
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post #16 of 32
1/28/09 at 4:52pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Eric,
Didja Google?
I searched Trees Flowering Pink Florida and came up with some likely candidates.

Here's a dogwood description:

"Pink Flowering Dogwood tree, Cornus Florida Rubra, has very large pink flowers that appear in the early spring
before the foliage comes out. The foliage turns a brilliant red in the fall, followed by bright berries that last into the winter. The trees grow to a height of 15 feet. This deciduous tree is the Classic Single Pink flowering beauty. Very popular and widely planted. Pink Flowering Dogwood trees have bright red fruits, which are loved by birds, and mature in early fall and usually persist until the middle of December. The reddish brown wood is extremely hard and has been used to make tool handles. It is a great landscape and ornamental tree."
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post #17 of 32
2/5/09 at 5:36am
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Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Here are some closer photos of the blossom and bark as requested;


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post #18 of 32
2/5/09 at 9:30am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

It's a dogwood. My family had two in the yard when I was a kid, a pink and a white. They are my mom's favorite flower.
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post #19 of 32
2/5/09 at 3:37pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Ok, closer up it doesn't look like a Japanese Magnolia and I don't think Dogwood, which has four flowers that are flat, like these:
Red Flowering Dogwood Trees
and from the growing zones, does not grow in south Florida.

The weird thing is that it looks like an azalea bloom which is to my knowledge, only a bush, and then why aren't there any leaves on this tree?
I'm stumped.
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post #20 of 32
2/5/09 at 5:53pm
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Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

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Originally Posted by Jeff Gatie
It's a dogwood. My family had two in the yard when I was a kid, a pink and a white. They are my mom's favorite flower.

Have you a photo of one to compare?
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post #21 of 32
2/5/09 at 8:16pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

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Originally Posted by Eric_L
Can anyone identify this tree? It is outside of my workplace.


I think I can. Yes, yes. That's the tree outside your workplace.

Glad to be of help.

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post #22 of 32
2/5/09 at 8:17pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

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Originally Posted by Will_B
I think I can. Yes, yes. That's the tree outside your workplace.

Glad to be of help.

Thats the best answer yet, we...have...a..winner!!!
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post #23 of 32
2/6/09 at 12:15am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

Eric,

I linked to a thread with dogwood flower photos in post 5 above.

But your flowers are more trumpet shaped. Maybe a deciduous Magnolia?

How about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_liliiflora ?
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post #24 of 32
2/6/09 at 4:56am

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Not sure about that.
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post #25 of 32
2/6/09 at 9:15am

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joseph DeMartino
Came for the Python reference, left happy.

Regards,

Joe
QFT



c'ya
James
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post #26 of 32
2/6/09 at 4:19pm
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Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

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Originally Posted by Dennis Nicholls
Eric,

I linked to a thread with dogwood flower photos in post 5 above.

But your flowers are more trumpet shaped. Maybe a deciduous Magnolia?

How about Magnolia liliiflora - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ?


That looks real close. I'll have to wait till spring to see the leaves.
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post #27 of 32
2/7/09 at 12:53pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

can you find out the name of the gardening service and ask them?
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post #28 of 32
2/7/09 at 3:36pm

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

My parents are up from Punta Gorda visiting and Mom seems to think its an Orchid Tree. She isn't positive, but that is her gut feeling.
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post #29 of 32
2/8/09 at 6:05am
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Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

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Originally Posted by Brandon_T
My parents are up from Punta Gorda visiting and Mom seems to think its an Orchid Tree. She isn't positive, but that is her gut feeling.
The flowers on the orchid trees I looked up do not have the same cone shape - but they are the same color.
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post #30 of 32
2/8/09 at 7:34am

Re: Can anyone identify this tree?

If you really want to know, just take the picture to your local nursery. They should be able to tell you what it is.
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