Description

botanical name ( Caesalpinia Pulcherrima ) The stem, branches and petioles are armed with sharp spines and the leaves are fern-like and twice compound, with many small, oval leaflet. This plant has incredibly showy blossoms of orange and red. The flowers are bowl shaped, with five crinkled, unequal red and orange petals, and ten prominent bright red stamens that extend way beyond the corolla.