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unusual flower

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we have a tree that we think is a magnolia which flowers well with a delicate flower that looks like a hadkerchief in the shape of a parachute. after flowering a large seed pod shaped like a fig appears.

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do you have a photo of it?

18 Jul, 2008

 

Could it be a davidia (common name the Handkerchief Tree)?

18 Jul, 2008

 

Just what I was going to say, Andrew

19 Jul, 2008

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