Yesterday, we posted an image asking, "Guess what it is"? Lots of comments came in. An "acorn" was a popular guess. Several of you did get it correct. So what is it? They are flower buds of - Pseudobombax Ellipticum - the Shaving Brush Tree. Here's a short video and a link to an article for more. https://plantcaretoday.com/pseudobombax-ellipticum-shaving-brush-tree.html | Plant Care Today

Check out my red shaving brush tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum) - it’s a fascinating tropical tree that produces big blooms that look like old fashioned shaving lather brushes while the tree is completely bare of leaves (in June in Southern California) I first saw this tree in Veracruz Mexico when I was a young man studying rainforest ecology. I remember we stopped by the side of the road to admire the strange flowers, I’d never seen anything like it. Each year when it blooms in my garden it remin