( Pic : from wikipedia)
While driving to work today, I noticed a bright red spot on the green belt...
And it clicked!
"Its spring" with Gulmohar trees in their full bloom and flaunting their bright red flowers!
These trees are a beautiful sight.
My childhood memories flash backed...Gulmohar tree and I have had long association.
One such tree had adorned the entrance of our home.All through my childhood and growing up years that tree had been with us.
It was our school bus stop, chatting point with friends, place for rickshaw pullers, cows and dogs to rest in shade.....
When we used to study pollination in our school biology course, the Gulmohar flowers used to be our demo pieces...
The pollens stems of the flower made the right weapon for having fights! The one whole pollen head went down first used to loose!!
Fun and care free days those used to be.
The flower buds were our cosmetic nails, we loved sticking them on our nails and scaring every one around us!!
The sad part being that tree had to be cut down because it was infected and was slowly dying.I still remember how sad we all were the day it was put to rest.
But we still have a row of other trees in our colony, which is on fire in this season!!!!!
While browing, I found an amazing capture of the flower by
"Chitra Aiyer" on flickr.
Here is another link hosting beautiful shots of this flamboyant tree
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