Posted in Churches, Flora, Neighborhoods, Travel & Tourism, tagged Barrio de Jalatlaco, flowering trees, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, popular travel destinations, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Shaving Brush Tree, Templo de San Matías Jalatlaco, trees on January 17, 2022| 2 Comments »
The 361 year old decidious Coquito de la Iglesia de Jalatlaco trees in the atrium of Templo de San Matías Jalatlaco are beginning to bloom.
El Coquito (aka, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Amapola, Xiloxochitl, Sospó, Clavellina, Shaving brush tree, Cabellos de Ángel, Angel hair) is one of my favorite trees in Oaxaca.
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, tagged blue sky, Clavellina, flowering trees, jacaranda, Mexico, Oaxaca, palm trees, Palo de rosas, papel picado, photos, popular travel destinations, Primavera amarilla, Primavera rosa, Shaving Brush Tree, trees on March 2, 2021| 14 Comments »
It is the time of year when the temperatures begin to reach 90º F and the Primavera amarillas, Jacarandas, Clavellinas, and Palo de rosas trees bloom.
It’s almost spring and Oaxaca has entered her sky blue period.
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged Cabellos de Ángel, Epiphyllum hookeri, flowers, garden, Mexico, Night Blooming Cereus, Oaxaca, photos, pistachio, popular travel destinations, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Shaving Brush Tree, Spring, trees on May 4, 2019| 4 Comments »
The thermometer hovers in the low 90’s (F), a very occasional late afternoon thunderstorm clears the air and cleans the sidewalks, and the high-pitched song of the cicadas (aka, cigarras and chicharras) add to Oaxaca’s soundtrack.
In addition, “shaving brushes” are seen springing from the branches of the Pseudobombax ellipticum trees — commonly known here as Cabellos de Ángel (angel hair).
In my garden, the night blooming cereus (Epiphyllum hookeri) have been greeting me early in the morning.
And, my pistachio tree, which the leaf cutter ants stripped of all its leaves eight months ago, has rebounded and produced its first nut. Such is spring in Oaxaca!
Posted in Gardens, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, tagged Cabellos de Ángel, cactus, Flor de mayo, flowers, May Flower, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, Primavera, Pseudobombax ellipticum, quotations, sea, Shaving Brush Tree, Spring, trees on March 20, 2014| 2 Comments »
You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. –Pablo Neruda
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. –Rainer Maria Rilke
Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment. –Ellis Peters
Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!‘ –Robin Williams
Posted in Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, Weather, tagged arboles, Cabellos de Ángel, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, plants, popular travel destinations, Pseudobombax ellipticum, Shaving Brush Tree, trees on March 16, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We are in the middle of the dry season; the mountains surrounding the valleys of Oaxaca are golden. It’s still winter and my African tulip trees remain leafless against the sun and blue sky. However, Mother Nature is hinting that Spring is coming; time for you guys to shave those winter beards. And, this time of year, la madre naturaleza supplies the brushes — the Pseudobombax ellipticum.
According to the Oaxaca Garden and Nature Club website, its common name in English is the Shaving Brush Tree.
As you can see above, the flowers can be red or white.
By the way, one of its common names en español is Cabellos de Ángel.
Angel Hair or Shaving Brush? You decide!
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