What is this flower called?

In the hope of identifying some marvellous blossoms, I am starting this thread, which is a copycat of the similar "What is this bird called?" thread.

Yesterday I posted this Rajasthani flower in my Photo Gallery without knowing its name. Snonymous kindly provided the following information: "I think it is Chorisia, perhaps Chorisia speciosa or Ceiba speciosa of the Bombacaceae family - one of the Silk Cottons..."

Does anyone have anything further to add? (And please continue this thread by posting unidentified flowers here! )

Nothing further to add as Snonymous was correct, the tree has puzzled once before though - ID & small thread discussion with some interesting tidbits - here

Thanks! So it is Chorisia.

Keep posting flower pics in this thread....

From the same garden in South Rajasthan, at the same time of the year (last autumn), here is another one whose name I do not know, though it is reminiscent of hibiscus:

Interesting thread Theyyam

Oh, you did start the thread Theyyam, goodie! And its so nice to see larger size pictures instead of those annoying thumbnails.

The red flower tree is Cordia sebestena of the Boraginaceae family. We have quite a few of them here in Mumbai.

Thank you so much for the identification, snonymous! Thanks to the name you just provided, I have found this link:

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalo...%20Cordia.html

which gives the common name as Geiger tree! I have never heard of this one. It is apparently a member of the forget-me-not family. Fascinating!

How do you know so much about botany?

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Peak, it is Caesalpinia pulcherrima, a shrub. Comes in yellow and pink too.

Theyyam, I dont know too much botany but I love plants, especially wild flora. Saw some of those Cordia trees today at a public garden. No one calls them Geiger trees here!

So this old photo of mine is a Caesalpinia pulcherrima too!

http://www.indiamike.com/photopost/s...7/ppuser/10603

Me too, I love wild flowers.

Yes, and a very pretty one too! Its my favourite colour, that scarlet red.

Here are two for me:

Syzigium ???




And this one:
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Place: Mumbai
Month: March

That is strange. How come this thread does not show up on the Home page?

snonymous,
This thread will never show up on the Home page because it is in Chai and Chat.

Could you change that please Theyyam, else this thread will never get anywhere near the response let alone the visibility that "What Bird is this" does.

Thanks