On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 15:07:07 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:



"joevan" wrote
Nice. As little ones we had mimosa trees in our yard. I never had such
a clear picture of what the blooms were like. I wonder if it is the
same by another name. Prolly not but it reminds me of such.

It's this plant... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliandra
which is not what you know as Mimosa.

Most of the world calls Acacia (dealbata) with small yellow flowers Mimosa,
but in the US I understand they call Albizia (julibrissin) Mimosa and this
photo looks just like Albizia flowers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_dealbata

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albizia_julibrissin

Confused? Nothing unusual for me. :-)

Actually a good example of why Latin names are important.
Very true and those are some great examples of beauty. Sometimes the
wike pages don't have such good pictures. Thanks for the links. I
still think of the trees we had in Virginia in the 40's and through
the 60's.