Comments on: Flame Trees

By: Boots

Boots — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:45:19 +0000

i am currently looking for a small flowering tree that i can plant in front of our house and this tree got me interested. is there a way to prevent the “higad”?

many thanks!

By: Edna

Edna — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:32:22 +0000

These trees may as well be our very own version of the “autumn foliage”, only it is in summer. :-) I love these trees. (Except for their abundance of “higad”.)

Marketman, it was interesting to note that you are distant relatives with that brave guy from Mactan. Our Mama told us we are distant relatives with the same Mactan guy as well. In fact, we still carry the name. :-)

Cheers!

By: maureen

maureen — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:40:42 +0000

saw them in canary isles, brought back seed pod, got one growing.will it survive in britain? have it on my bedroom window sill.all help appreciated please.

By: Manolo

Manolo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:51:50 +0000

Love them too. Have one at home. Was trying to tell a photographer neighbor where I lived and he said “the house with the beautiful tree”. My wife found some saplings at the seedling bank near Trinoma and we planted them in Canlubang where we hope one day to build a house. By the way, your photos are pretty good.

By: NewYorker

NewYorker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:40:59 +0000

I grew up and lived in the housing compound by the Esso/BRC/Petron Refinery until 1990. I am well familiar with the helipad and have fond memories of driving by the field and wondering which VIP was in town, flown in by helicopter.

I had forgotten about these trees until I saw this article and then I was reminded how beautiful the trees were. As a kid, I was very interested in collecting the blossoms to use for lutu-lutuan.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:29:47 +0000

For more terrific photos of flame trees in Saipan, visit this link...

By: Bubut

Bubut — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:30:22 +0000

Years back, there were several of those fire trees lined along Gil Puyat ave, Makati and during its season the trees are blazing with flowers and also comes all the ‘worms/higad’ are also in bloom. So when the wind blows all the passengers waiting for buses/ jeepneys has their share of higad that they all run in commotion.

By: paolo

paolo — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:33:18 +0000

Are we talking of the same tree we call in Batangas “Ãrbol de Fuego”?

Flame tree= Arbol de Fuego?

I bet you they are the same/

By: kb

kb — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:51:29 +0000

Erleen, believe it or not our gardener just cut 2 nice-looking healthy long branches from a tree in the neigborhood and just stuck them on the ground, cared and watered them diligently and they grew!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:39:34 +0000

millet, yikes, think hayfever!!! :) I’m kidding, of course!