Red flowers on local tree

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

On my morning walk today I saw this bright red flower - dunno what it is called ~ any ideas?


As always feedback welcome
Phil

[HansE]

Shore is bright enough to gain attention not familiar with it though. Looks a bit like crab apple.

[Isac]

They are brilliant colours Phil. That is an African Tulip Tree or Flame Tree (Spathodea Campanulata). I know this because there's a huge one in our street I walk past before I get to the lake. WIKI

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Thx fellas

Isac- I dunno how you get to know so much ... and all too often when I go searching for a bird or flower, I never seem to get anywhere except 'lost in transit'

Phil

[wigz]

They are spectacular flowers. My wife’s parents used to have one in their backyard. Nicely exposed to capture the brilliant red.

[Isac]

Hi Phil, I walked past it again this morning and it's definitely an African Tulip Tree. I looked it up a few years ago. So I can recall photos in the future, Although I name the photo correctly, I also place a text file in the folder and name it as something that would help me find it down the track. I did it with this tree and called the file "large red flowers with large banana shaped pods" and in the text file I put the actual name of what it is. It's just the way I do things but I'm sure there are many other ways. I use "Search Everything" for searching and it's blindingly fast. I just searched for banana and it was found before I finished typing!