Otherwise known as: Trees Do Funny Things Here!
Also pretty things. I have seen several flowering types that erupt into color at the end of each branch. This one I recognized... except that I thought it was a little plant that comes in a pot at Christmas time. Here poinsetta trees are common decor.
Then there are trees that have creative ways of sheltering their seeds. The example below is referred to as a Sausage Tree. Each "sausage" is rock-hard, and easily a foot long.
The brittle "streamers" on this tree are at least two feet long.
So you have probably figured out that my botanical knowledge is limited. I have no idea what to make of these things. But this one really throws me: It's like a tree grew, and then changed its mind as it sent out branches, prefering to become a cactus. I'm serious--trunk of a tree, bark and everything; arms of a cactus, complete with stickers.
(And since taking this picture, I have discovered that these "trees" also produce flowers at their tips.)
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