A huge, centuries-old ceiba tree on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques ... bursting with night-blooming clusters of light pink flowers for the first time since the hurricanes, which Ferrer says ...

Floss silks (Ceiba/Chorisia speciosa) are outlandish trees. Most of the year they are ... loss of foliage eases access to their flowers by pollinating bats. Floss silk seeds stick to kapok fibers ...

There isn’t a grimmer sight than an artificial plant catching dust on a shelf. I made an exception to the no-artificial rule ...

Men and women clutch flowers, candles and coins. Each is waiting a turn to walk the well-worn path around the sacred ceiba tree and commemorate Havana’s 482nd anniversary. When the clock strikes ...

Most of us admire those beautiful and vibrant flowers but don’t know what it is called. It is Silk Cotton or Semal whose scientific name is Bombax Ceiba. Throughout the year, this tree looks ...

Ceiba trees can be found in South and Central America ... The tree also has beautiful flowers which appear in small clusters on new branches. The flowers have five petals and may be pale pink ...

I made an exception to the no-artificial rule at home for Setsugo’s build-it-yourself flowers. The bombax ceiba (Silk cotton tree flower) set (above) came with 104 pieces. Assembling the flower ...