Bob Hobden wrote:
BarbaraH wrote

The first time I saw these trees was in Jamaica, huge trees covered
in red flowers with the most delicate foliage. I couldn't believe it
and having seen them almost everywhere tropical we have been I still
think them hard to beat.
I read somewhere that all those in cultivation came from a single
tree in a village in Madagascar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Poinciana

I knew they were from Madagascar, but didn't realise they came from one
tree.