In between cleaning my new place and unpacking boxes I ventured out in search of food.
Right in the supermarket parking lot is this strange tree with fearsome sharp shpitzim all over its trunk.
Its flowers are beautiful.
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Anybody know what kind of tree it is?
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In the back you see Meitar's only supermarket and little commercial center.
The food store has a monopoly and oi-- its prices are much higher than what I was used to in Jerusalem.
Maybe I'll start to shop in our nearest big city, Beersheba, instead; it is about 30 or 40 minutes by bus from Meitar.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba
ReplyDeleteWe have those trees here in Holon too and I posted once a picture of one tree my blog but never found the name for it.
ReplyDeleteCould it be a young "Adansonia Perrieri" (baobab, that is a succulent)?
ReplyDeleteI reckon that it could be the silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa), a.k.a. palo borracho, Spanish for "drunken stick".
ReplyDeleteThe tree reminds me of a silk floss tree but the colors are generally pink. Definitively from the same family I think.
ReplyDeleteJust a guess after some google searches: ceiba chodati or something related?
ReplyDeleteBest wishes with settling in at your new place, Dina, it's always an adventure.
Could it be this tree? ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiba_chodatii
ReplyDeleteI hope you're enjoying your new home.
Shalom Dina, I think that is a White Silk Floss tree (google: chorisia insignis or see photos here: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/CHORISIA_INSIGNIS.htm).
ReplyDeleteI've seen versions of silk floss trees planted around here. They are from South America originally. The Negev is a long way from South America!
I thought it might be a baobab tree, but the flowers on your tree are a lot prettier. It sure has an odd trunk.
ReplyDeleteI think it's the silk floss tree. We have them here (similar climate, too). There may be a variation on the flowers, but that trunk is unmistakeable.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a beautiful tree with wonderful flowers, never seen it before!
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful Silk Floss Tree. Those I've seen (and posted) around here have pink blooms.
ReplyDeleteI know the name: a BEAUTIFUL tree.
ReplyDeleteI have seen this tree, or something like this, in a bench picture of JM. But it was winter and the branches were bare...
ReplyDeleteShalom Dina!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice pictures, i really like it. My country doesn't allow me to visit Jerusalem. Sigh!!!!
Friends, thanks for all your help in the name finding.
ReplyDeleteFay, welcome. Maybe someday Malaysia and Israel will be more open. Meanwhile, you are welcome to visit Israel via the blogs. At least we have that freedom.
What a beautiful tree!
ReplyDeleteThe commercial center looks good: the prices are high here too, almost everywhere!
Golly, that trees is quite impressive. WOW. Not anything you would see up here in the cold of the Rocky Mountains, that is for sure. But I must say, it is really attractive!!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! Never seen around here..:-)
ReplyDeleteSo I've learned about Ceiba thanks to you - or silk floss tree. Thanks !
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