Flame tree or flame of the forest or flamboyant tree is a popular tree around tropical regions like Nigeria. It is a beautiful tree that usually sprout orange-red flowers bringing out beautiful aesthetics of a particular place.
It usually grows it’s beautiful flowers ? around May - August. Other times of the year it brings it’s beautiful green symmetrical leaves ? leaving a lot of shade, and room to which birds nest.
This is what it usually looks like during dry season (one of the two seasons in Nigeria). I snapped this at exact street as I snapped the other displaying canopy of flowers above while it was bringing out its flowers during rainy season.
While practicing my photography and editing skills using my smartphone, I decided to increase the color saturation and highlights in the second picture above. This is what I got;
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos with us.
I don’t remember seeing anything like this in Bulgaria, where I am currently. However, growing up in Morocco, where the climate is way more warmer, I remember seeing flame trees all over the country.
This means a lot, thank you! @AdamGT I really was just going through and I remembered it’s about time it brings back it’s beautiful canopy flowers again in just about a month now.
You’re most welcome! That’s interesting fact to know. I found out that it is native to the Madagascar’s dry deciduous forests, but has been introduced into tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide. Includes
South Florida, USA
Karachi, Pakistan
Myanmar
and so many other countries.
I guess we’ll be seeing them sprout their flowers back again soon, the season is almost here.
I’m so glad you like it. I had actually become quite observant of the nature which surrounds me now, hence taking the pictures during the only two different seasons which we have in Nigeria, raining season (wet) and harmattan season (dry).