Can anyone identify this...

[sophiamarini]

Tree for me???
It hangs over the aviary and drops about a million flowers a day. The Alexs don't seem bothered but sometimes will hang from the roof and pull the flowers through. They don't seem to eat them, it is more for fun I think.
I have a lot of other birds that visit the tree and when it is flower the lorikeets visit every morning, so I am not too worried about it, but still would like to know what it is.

 

[Stevo]

Ummm. Got a picture for us? lol.

 

[GG.]

a pic or a description of the flowers - shape color etc and the same for the leaves?

 

[sophiamarini]

OOOPS! Do I feel like an idiot!
Pics - here they are LOL

 

[GG.]

beautiful tree and don't feel like an idiot, I have to edit almost every time I post a link because I have forgotten to include it!

 

[Stevo]

'tis maybe a type of Acacia. Not sure which one though, possibly Acacia dealbata or Acacia adunca?

 

[GG.]

c'mon Steve - I was counting on you to identify it - I had gotten as far as a type of acacia but the blooms looked different than Acacia dealbata (silver wattle)

I did discover in my searching that in Australia, what we call 'Mimosas' are known as Persian Silk Trees

 

[Stevo]

Can you get a nice close up photo of the flowers?

 

[Stevo]

c'mon Steve - I was counting on you to identify it - I had gotten as far as a type of acacia but the blooms looked different than Acacia dealbata (silver wattle)

I did discover in my searching that in Australia, what we call 'Mimosas' are known as Persian Silk Trees

Changed my mind. I'm inclined to think that it might be Peltophorum pterocarpum, Yellow Poinciana.

 

[GG.]

I do believe you found it!! great job and thanks!!

 

[sophiamarini]

That's it Steve, you got it - Thank you!!
I knew it wasn't a wattle, thanks for your help

 

[sophiamarini]

Ok, it seems that Poinciana come under the 'not safe' plants list. Should I be worried?

 

[J*M*L]

The leaves are like a Mimosa's, but a Mimosa has fluffier flowers.

 

[Stevo]

Ok, it seems that Poinciana come under the 'not safe' plants list. Should I be worried?

It's only 'known as' a poinciana, it doesnt actually have a proper common name. The 'true' poinciana has red-flowers and belongs to a totally different family of trees (Delonix regia). If the wild birds are eating it then I would not be concerned.

 

[sophiamarini]

Thanks Steve - that's what I thought.
I know the red trees well, I love them, they are stunning when in flower. I knew that they were no good for birds but this yellow one is not quite the same. I guess if the flowers are good enough for the loris then I should be fine